30.0″ is the Connecticut record for a 1-day snowfall. The National Weather Service issued a statement full of observations that I am going to list below. The highest measurement in the state was North Haven at 30.5″. The measurement is not official and it didn’t even come from a trained spotter. We don’t know much about the measurement. For example, did the person include snow already on the ground? Was it in an area prone to drifting? Was 30.5″ the highest amount the observer could find rather than an average?
A spotter in Meriden came in with a 29.0″ amount and a meteorologist friend of mine in Wallingford said that he estimated somewhere near 30″. I suppose that it’s possible North Haven broke the record but it’s probably not likely. I am going to say that North Haven likely fell just short and the 30.5″ is on the high side based on neighboring reports.
This storm was still impressive. Bradley broke the Hartford area record with 24.0″ of accumulation and back where I grew up in Guilford my mom measured 24.5″ which made this the largest snowstorm in 33 years!
...FAIRFIELD COUNTY... NEW FAIRFIELD 28.0 1050 AM 1/12 PUBLIC NEWTOWN 27.0 840 AM 1/12 SKYWARN SPOTTER WESTON 24.5 800 AM 1/12 SKYWARN SPOTTER DANBURY 24.1 300 PM 1/12 SKYWARN SPOTTER RIDGEFIELD 22.0 645 AM 1/12 PUBLIC 3 SSE BROOKFIELD 22.0 730 AM 1/12 COCORAHS DANBURY 21.8 1000 AM 1/12 NWS COOP WILTON 18.7 830 AM 1/12 PUBLIC NEW CANAAN 18.0 915 AM 1/12 SKYWARN SPOTTER DARIEN 17.5 1100 AM 1/12 CT DOT WESTPORT 17.4 815 AM 1/12 SKYWARN SPOTTER SHELTON 17.3 950 AM 1/12 PUBLIC BRIDGEPORT 16.0 100 PM 1/12 NWS COOP NORWALK 16.0 934 AM 1/12 PUBLIC GREENWICH 15.5 250 PM 1/12 PUBLIC STRATFORD 14.0 930 AM 1/12 PUBLIC STAMFORD 14.0 800 AM 1/12 SKYWARN SPOTTER ...MIDDLESEX COUNTY... HADDAM 22.0 214 PM 1/12 PUBLIC PORTLAND 22.0 800 AM 1/13 COCORAHS EAST HADDAM 21.5 335 PM 1/12 PUBLIC CLINTON 21.0 1200 PM 1/12 PUBLIC WESTBROOK 20.5 915 PM 1/12 PUBLIC DEEP RIVER 20.0 1100 AM 1/12 PUBLIC OLD SAYBROOK 17.5 300 PM 1/12 CT DOT ...NEW HAVEN COUNTY... NORTH HAVEN 30.5 630 PM 1/12 PUBLIC MERIDEN 29.0 120 PM 1/12 SKYWARN SPOTTER SOUTHBURY 28.0 1120 AM 1/12 PUBLIC CHESHIRE 25.5 300 PM 1/12 PUBLIC GUILFORD 24.5 300 PM 1/12 PUBLIC NORTH BRANFORD 24.0 1240 PM 1/12 PUBLIC BETHANY 21.0 1220 PM 1/12 SKYWARN SPOTTER SEYMOUR 20.0 1100 AM 1/12 PUBLIC WATERBURY 20.0 100 PM 1/12 CT DOT OXFORD 20.0 745 AM 1/12 PUBLIC BRANFORD 19.8 1230 PM 1/12 PUBLIC NEW HAVEN 19.0 1100 AM 1/12 CT DOT MILFORD 18.0 1100 AM 1/12 CT DOT BEACON FALLS 17.3 1100 AM 1/12 CT DOT ...HARTFORD COUNTY... MANCHESTER 27.0 554 PM 1/12 HAM RADIO GLASTONBURY 25.5 540 PM 1/12 HAM RADIO NEW BRITAIN 24.3 545 PM 1/12 HAM RADIO ELLINGTON 24.0 236 PM 1/12 HAM RADIO SIMSBURY 24.0 123 PM 1/12 HAM RADIO WINDSOR LOCKS 24.0 936 PM 1/12 BRADLEY AIRPORT BRISTOL 23.0 1120 AM 1/12 SPOTTER SOUTH WINDSOR 22.1 420 PM 1/12 NWS EMPLOYEE WEST HARTFORD 22.0 244 PM 1/12 HAM RADIO WETHERSFIELD 22.0 240 PM 1/12 HAM RADIO VERNON 21.6 1149 AM 1/12 HAM RADIO SUFFIELD 21.0 551 PM 1/12 HAM RADIO BURLINGTON 21.0 138 PM 1/12 ENFIELD 21.0 1148 AM 1/12 HAM RADIO FARMINGTON 20.3 100 PM 1/12 EAST HARTFORD 20.0 1158 AM 1/12 HAM RADIO BERLIN 18.0 159 PM 1/12 EAST GRANBY 18.0 100 PM 1/12 GRANBY 17.5 1150 AM 1/12 HAM RADIO SOUTHINGTON 17.0 1252 PM 1/12 HAM RADIO UNIONVILLE 16.2 139 PM 1/12 GRANBY (2MI SW) 16.0 1245 PM 1/12 NWS EMPLOYEE NORTH GRANBY 14.8 730 PM 1/12 AVON 14.0 100 PM 1/12 ...TOLLAND COUNTY... STAFFORDVILLE 29.0 726 PM 1/12 TOLLAND 25.5 649 AM 1/13 ELLINGTON 24.0 539 PM 1/12 HAM RADIO SOMERS 23.5 745 PM 1/12 STAFFORD SPRINGS 23.3 755 PM 1/12 VERNON 23.0 538 PM 1/12 HAM RADIO UNION 19.0 300 PM 1/12 STORRS 17.5 425 PM 1/12 SPOTTER MANSFIELD 17.0 100 PM 1/12 ...WINDHAM COUNTY... POMFRET 22.0 825 PM 1/12 HAM RADIO EAST KILLINGLY 21.0 639 PM 1/12 MOOSUP 21.0 620 PM 1/12 GENERAL PUBLIC ASHFORD 19.0 328 PM 1/12 PUTNAM 17.0 300 PM 1/12 DANIELSON 16.0 826 PM 1/12 HAM RADIO STERLING 15.7 1237 PM 1/12 HAM RADIO SCOTLAND 13.5 352 PM 1/12 ...LITCHFIELD COUNTY... CORNWALL 28.0 450 PM 1/12 MOHAWK MTN SKI AREA WOODBURY 28.0 500 PM 1/12 WOODBURY SKI AREA CANAAN 27.0 506 PM 1/12 WEATHERNET6 SHARON 24.8 443 PM 1/12 WEATHERNET6 2 N SOUTH CANAAN 24.5 500 PM 1/12 CT DOT NORTH CANAAN 1 SE WINSTED 24.0 1200 PM 1/12 COCORAHS BAKERSVILLE 22.2 645 AM 1/13 CO-OP OBSERVER NORFOLK 21.7 800 AM 1/13 CO-OP OBSERVER NEW PRESTON 21.0 230 PM 1/12 TRAINED SPOTTER LITCHFIELD 20.0 500 PM 1/12 CT DOT 3 NNW WINSTED 20.0 200 PM 1/12 COCORAHS THOMASTON 18.0 500 PM 1/12 CT DOT TORRINGTON 17.0 324 PM 1/12 TRAINED SPOTTER WINCHESTER CENTER 17.0 500 PM 1/12 CT DOT
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