![]() Otherwise, it was quite wet! At Bradley Airport, which is where the Hartford Area records are kept, 12.19″ of rain was recorded of the 30 day period. It lasted 3 days, from the 5th to the 7th. We experienced our 2nd heat wave of the year (and 1st in the month of September since 2018). The 9th month of the year started on a hot note. At Bridgeport, the high was 79… 4° shy of the record. In fact, at Bradley Airport where the records are maintained for the Hartford Area, the high was 86 - tying the October 4th record from 2007. Bridgeport also set a new record with a high of 75 (previous record was 72 set in 2010).Īfter the morning fog lifted/eroded, the sun helped to boost well into the 80s in many CT communities on Wednesday, October 4th. On October 28th, with a high of 84 at Bradley Airport, the Hartford Area achieved a new record (previous record was 81 set in 1919). We must be forecasting at least 6″ of snow for most of the state and/or at least ½” of ice accretion that would occur during an ice storm. ![]() Why did we decide to name storms so long ago? Because people easily remember names, especially the ones that have been attached to Connecticut’s biggest storms! Occasionally, we get criticized for naming winter storms, but by far most of our viewers love the tradition and find it fun! Certain criteria must be met for a storm to be named. It all began in 1971 with Channel 3 and the Travelers Weather Service. Alfred’s heavy, wet snow caused a record power outage in Connecticut and Blizzard Charlotte dumped up to 40″ of snow in parts of the state. You may remember Blizzard Larry (the Blizzard of ‘78), the big ice storm of December 1973 named Felix, Storm Alfred in late October of 2011 and Blizzard Charlotte in 2013. WFSB/Channel 3 for over 50 years has been naming winter storms, a tradition we’re proud to carry on today. Here are the first 5: Aspen, Birch, Cedar, Dogwood, and Elm. Given our late show of color in the autumn season, we’re going with species or types of trees. We are officially releasing our list of Winter Storm names for the ‘23-’24 season. HISTORY AND CRITERIA FOR NAMING WINTER STORMS… Highs will be closer to the 50 degree mark as we get closer to the end of next week.įirst Alert Chief Meteorologist Mark Dixon with Jill Gilardi Another round of showers will be possible Thursday with a downward trend in temperature continuing. Thereafter, with afternoon clearing temperatures pop into the 60s! Wednesday, we’re forecasting dry weather with increasing cloudiness and temps that peak in the mid-50s. The week starts dry, then showers appear likely through Tuesday morning. Temperatures trend relatively cooler Monday (back in the 50s). This is also a great time to replace smoke detector batteries. Sunday, the sunrises at 6:28am then sets at 4:40pm. Saturday, sunrise is at 7:27 with sunset at 5:41p. We “fall back” Saturday night to enjoy an extra hour of sleep. Keep in mind this weekend is 49 hours in length, as Daylight Saving Time ends (officially at 2am Sunday). While tomorrow features a partly sunny sky (filtered sun at times due to high level cloudiness) and Sunday there will be scattered clouds… our forecast for dry weather over the 2-day period remains! The warming trend continues with highs back above average over the weekend (near 60 both days). Clouds will increase, too, with filtered sunshine by sunrise tomorrow morning. We all bottom out in the 30s again tonight, but any frost will be confined to the NW and NE parts of the state. High temperatures were right near average today, with most making it into the mid and upper 50s! For reference, the average high for today is 57 degrees.
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