Heavy Snow — Northern Fairfield, Connecticut

2023-02-27 to 2023-02-28 · Northern Fairfield, Connecticut

Event narrative

Heavy snow fell across the northern half of the county. Snowfall reports from trained spotters of 6.8 inches at 1 E Danbury, and 6.3 inches in New Fairfield were reported. Also a Cocorahs observer reported 6.2 inches at 2.4 NNE Ridgefield.

Wider weather episode

Weak high pressure and a marginally cold air mass was locked into the northeast with blocking to the north across Eastern Canada, while low pressure over the Midwest moved east and redeveloped off the Northern Mid Atlantic coast. This led to the first widespread accumulating snowfall across the CWA.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1074825. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.