Tornado History Map

Fairfield County, Connecticut tornado history

17 tornadoes recorded in or across Fairfield County from 1950 to 2020, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Fairfield County

The Storm Prediction Center records 17 tornadoes whose paths touched Fairfield County, Connecticut between 1950 and 2020. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is July, with 7 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 12 July 2006. The most recent was on 4 August 2020.

  • 17tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 19injuries
  • 272per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Fairfield County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0424%
F1 / EF11059%
F2 / EF2318%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Fairfield County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in 1990s.1950s21960s11970s21990s42000s42010s32020s1

The 2020s only run to 2020, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s1
1970s2
1990s4
2000s4
2010s3
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in Jul.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May2Jun2Jul7Aug4Sep1Oct1Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun2
Jul7
Aug4
Sep1
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Fairfield County

  • Strongest and Longest path: New York tornado12 July 2006, F2, 6 injuries, 10.1 miles long
  • Most recent: Connecticut tornado4 August 2020, EF0, 0 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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