Connecticut Precipitation

National Weather Service Offices

Boston/Norton MA, Albany NY, Upton NY
Preliminary Precipitation Data (inches) by County
Precipitation Data Through May 2020
Includes CoCoRaHS data
CT 1 Month May 2020 Rainfall Departure Percent Normal
Litchfield 3.26 -1.15 74 4.41
Hartford 2.87 -1.55 65 4.42
Tolland 3.12 -0.97 76 4.10
Windham 3.71 -0.31 92 4.02
Fairfield 2.46 -1.93 56 4.39
New Haven 2.89 -1.35 68 4.24
Middlesex 3.40 -0.82 81 4.22
New London 3.70 -0.06 98 3.76

CT 2 month Apr-May 20 Rainfall Departure Percent Normal

Litchfield 8.22 -0.38 96 8.61
Hartford 7.78 -0.95 89 8.73
Tolland 8.62 -0.09 99 8.71
Windham 9.09 0.48 106 8.61
Fairfield 7.74 -1.09 88 8.83
New Haven 8.55 -0.06 99 8.61
Middlesex 9.41 0.77 109 8.64
New London 8.59 0.27 103 8.32

CT 3 month Mar-May 20 Rainfall Departure Percent Normal

Litchfield 11.88 -0.88 93 12.76
Hartford 11.84 -0.99 92 12.83
Tolland 12.82 -0.23 98 13.05
Windham 13.28 0.22 102 13.06
Fairfield 11.45 -1.73 87 13.19
New Haven 12.80 -0.16 99 12.96
Middlesex 13.76 0.77 106 12.99
New London 12.99 -0.19 99 13.19

CT 4 month Feb-May 20 Rainfall Departure Percent Normal

Litchfield 15.13 -0.96 94 16.09
Hartford 15.47 -0.64 96 16.10
Tolland 16.20 -0.19 99 16.40
Windham 16.60 0.25 102 16.35
Fairfield 14.81 -1.48 91 16.28
New Haven 16.44 0.32 102 16.11
Middlesex 17.47 1.14 107 16.33
New London 16.55 -0.04 100 16.59

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 CT 5 month Jan-May 20 Rainfall Departure Percent Normal
Litchfield 17.27 -2.38 88 19.65
Hartford 17.69 -2.04 90 19.73
Tolland 18.15 -2.08 90 20.23
Windham 18.73 -1.36 93 20.09
Fairfield 17.14 -2.73 86 19.87
New Haven 18.73 -0.94 95 19.67
Middlesex 19.50 -0.59 97 20.08
New London 18.36 -1.95 90 20.32

CT 6 month Dec 19-May 20 Rainfall Departure Percent Normal

Litchfield 24.58 0.94 104 23.64
Hartford 25.15 1.49 106 23.67
Tolland 25.11 0.72 103 24.40
Windham 25.82 1.49 106 24.34
Fairfield 24.18 0.23 101 23.94
New Haven 26.13 2.57 111 23.56
Middlesex 27.62 3.22 113 24.40
New London 25.36 0.75 103 24.61

CT 7 month Nov 19-May 20 Rainfall Departure Percent Normal

Litchfield 28.17 0.27 101 27.90
Hartford 28.35 0.22 101 28.13
Tolland 29.12 0.23 101 28.90
Windham 29.65 0.88 103 28.78
Fairfield 26.56 -1.68 94 28.24
New Haven 28.32 0.60 102 27.72
Middlesex 30.47 1.73 106 28.74
New London 28.73 -0.38 99 29.11

CT 12 month Jun 19-May 20 Rainfall Departure Percent Normal

Litchfield 47.14 -3.58 93 50.72
Hartford 47.92 -2.92 94 50.84
Tolland 51.28 1.21 102 50.06
Windham 50.87 0.69 101 50.17
Fairfield 49.31 -0.90 98 50.21
New Haven 50.13 1.44 103 48.69
Middlesex 52.24 1.08 102 51.16
New London 54.70 4.81 110 49.89

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 CT 24 month Jun 18-May 20 Rainfall Departure Percent Normal
Litchfield 116.05 14.61 114 101.44
Hartford 115.67 13.98 114 101.69
Tolland 118.46 18.33 118 100.13
Windham 118.87 18.52 118 100.35
Fairfield 118.37 17.95 118 100.42
New Haven 117.17 19.80 120 97.38
Middlesex 120.39 18.07 118 102.32
New London 118.47 18.69 119 99.79

CT 36 month Jun 17-May 20 Rainfall Departure Percent Normal

Litchfield 164.98 12.82 108 152.16
Hartford 163.38 10.85 107 152.53
Tolland 168.84 18.65 112 150.19
Windham 172.17 21.65 114 150.52
Fairfield 165.07 14.44 110 150.63
New Haven 164.06 18.00 112 146.06
Middlesex 168.27 14.79 110 153.48
New London 167.13 17.45 112 149.68

Map 1. May 2020 SPI.

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 Map 2. Three month SPI ending May 2020.

Map 3. Twelve month SPI ending May 2020.

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Map 4. Palmer Drought Index from the Climate Prediction Center as of 5/30/20. CT Palmer Drought Index values:
Northwest +0.81 (Normal), Central +1.11 (Normal), Coastal -0.04 (Near Normal).

Map 5. U.S. Drought Monitor effective 6/2/2020.

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 Map 6. U.S. Drought Monitor zoom-in on CT, effective 6/2/2020.