Official Connecticut Snow Totals March 6-8, 2013

I post these with a bit of trepidation. Every time I do someone (usually many someones) writes to say it’s wrong for their town.

Probably.

Snow measurements are never exact (and I always wonder about totals to the 1/10th inch), but this is the best we’ve got. These numbers are from the National Weather Service, plus their network of volunteer spotters. These are the numbers considered ‘official’.

23″ in Staffordville takes the prize for most snow in Connecticut today. Mazel tov.

...FAIRFIELD COUNTY...
NEW CANAAN 12.8 1000 AM 3/08 CT DOT
DANBURY 11.2 1000 AM 3/08 SKYWARN SPOTTER
GREENWICH 10.0 900 AM 3/08 PUBLIC
REDDING 10.0 900 AM 3/08 PUBLIC
NORWALK 9.5 1045 AM 3/08 PUBLIC
NEWTOWN 9.4 600 AM 3/08 PUBLIC
STAMFORD 8.3 930 AM 3/08 PUBLIC
BRIDGEPORT 8.0 1030 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER
WESTON 7.0 900 AM 3/08 SKYWARN SPOTTER
OLD GREENWICH 6.0 1155 AM 3/08 SKYWARN SPOTTER
DARIEN 2.8 400 AM 3/08 CT DOT

...HARTFORD COUNTY...
MANCHESTER 18.5 230 PM 3/08 TRAINED SPOTTER
MARLBOROUGH 15.5 156 PM 3/08 HAM RADIO
ROCKY HILL 14.0 158 PM 3/08 HAM RADIO
WETHERSFIELD 12.5 157 PM 3/08 HAM RADIO
SOUTH WINDSOR 12.0 1108 AM 3/08 TRAINED SPOTTER
BURLINGTON 11.3 1029 AM 3/08 TRAINED SPOTTER
EAST FARMINGTON HEIG 8.5 1106 AM 3/08 NONE
BRISTOL 8.3 840 AM 3/08 SPOTTER
WEST HARTFORD 6.6 1026 AM 3/08 HAM RADIO
ENFIELD 6.5 936 AM 3/08 HAM RADIO
NORTH GRANBY 5.0 739 AM 3/08 TRAINED SPOTTER
GRANBY 5.0 1005 AM 3/08 NWS EMPLOYEE
1 WNW WINDSOR LOCKS 4.5 100 PM 3/08 BDL AIRPORT
AVON 4.2 1247 PM 3/08 NONE
EAST HARTFORD 4.0 938 AM 3/08 HAM RADIO

...LITCHFIELD COUNTY...
BAKERSVILLE 8.3 830 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER
NORFOLK 8.2 800 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER
WINSTED 8.0 940 AM 3/08 SPOTTER
THOMASTON 8.0 1200 PM 3/08 CT DOT
LITCHFIELD 7.5 1200 PM 3/08 CT DOT
NORTH CANAAN 7.5 1200 PM 3/08 CT DOT
NEW HARTFORD 7.0 405 AM 3/08 SPOTTER
THOMASTON DAM 7.0 700 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER
WINCHESTER CENTER 6.5 1200 PM 3/08 CT DOT
TORRINGTON 6.5 927 AM 3/08 SPOTTER

...MIDDLESEX COUNTY...
OLD SAYBROOK 7.0 1000 AM 3/08 CT DOT
HADDAM 6.8 1000 AM 3/08 CT DOT
CLINTON 6.0 600 AM 3/08 PUBLIC

...NEW HAVEN COUNTY...
WOLCOTT 12.5 900 AM 3/08 SKYWARN SPOTTER
SEYMOUR 12.0 1000 AM 3/08 PUBLIC
WOODBRIDGE 10.0 930 AM 3/08 PUBLIC
NORTH BRANFORD 10.0 1158 AM 3/08 PUBLIC
MERIDEN 9.0 1000 AM 3/08 CT DOT
SOUTHBURY 8.3 1100 AM 3/08 SKYWARN SPOTTER
MADISON 7.0 1045 AM 3/08 PUBLIC
OXFORD 7.0 641 AM 3/08 SKYWARN SPOTTER
NEW HAVEN 6.5 1000 AM 3/08 CT DOT
WATERBURY 6.5 1000 AM 3/08 CT DOT
BEACON FALLS 6.3 1000 AM 3/08 CT DOT
GUILFORD 6.1 800 AM 3/08 PUBLIC
NORTH HAVEN 3.5 800 AM 3/08 SKYWARN SPOTTER

...NEW LONDON COUNTY...
COLCHESTER 13.5 1000 AM 3/08 CT DOT
GILMAN 10.3 1055 AM 3/08 PUBLIC
NORWICH 6.5 1000 AM 3/08 CT DOT
GROTON 3.5 1000 AM 3/08 CT DOT
LEDYARD CENTER 3.0 641 AM 3/08 SKYWARN SPOTTER

...TOLLAND COUNTY...
STAFFORDVILLE 23.0 159 PM 3/08 COOP OBSERVER
COVENTRY 20.5 117 PM 3/08 TRAINED SPOTTER
STAFFORD SPRINGS 20.5 137 PM 3/08 TRAINED SPOTTER
TOLLAND 18.5 1118 AM 3/08 HAM RADIO
STORRS 17.0 1117 AM 3/08 HAM RADIO
ROCKVILLE 16.0 1123 AM 3/08 HAM RADIO
SOMERS 16.0 127 PM 3/08 TRAINED SPOTTER
COLUMBIA 6.5 719 AM 3/08 PUBLIC

...WINDHAM COUNTY...
ASHFORD 16.0 103 PM 3/08 HAM RADIO
BROOKLYN 14.0 1049 AM 3/08 HAM RADIO
SOUTH WINDAHM 13.0 1202 PM 3/08 NONE
THOMPSON 12.0 214 PM 3/08 TRAINED SPOTTER
WOODSTOCK 12.0 905 AM 3/08 SPOTTER
HAMPTON 11.0 114 PM 3/08 COOP OBSERVER
POMFRET CENTER 8.0 708 AM 3/08 GENERAL PUBLIC
DANIELSON 5.5 803 AM 3/08 HAM RADIO
EAST KILLINGLY 5.3 607 AM 3/08 NONE

13 thoughts on “Official Connecticut Snow Totals March 6-8, 2013”

  1. Not too many towns for Middlesex County…. Here, in the SE corner of Middlefield, we got 15″. So wet the snowblower didn’t like it much.

    1. Helaine has been kvetching about Hamden’s 40″ bullseye status in the last storm, since the last storm. Staffordville, enjoy the honor.

  2. About a foot in Bethany. It snowed for hours after those measurements were taken. It’s falling off the trees now.

  3. NBC Nightly News just had a news report on “The European Model” and why is has become more accurate than the US models. The short answer more money spent on computing power.

  4. I can verify Staffordville. Not only did we get 23 inches but it’s very wet and heavy. I had to use heavy Equipment to clear my driveway.

  5. Didn’t get 8″ at my house or at work, which is half a mile away. not saying the ‘official’ number is wrong, just that it’s different than what fell at my place.
    Do want to go on record saying our superintendant is an idiot. He never shoveled the snow which froze into an icy lumpy mass overnight that was downright dangerous to walk on this morning.

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