Heavy Snow — Southern Fairfield, Connecticut

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

Event narrative

Heavy snow fell across much of the southern half of the county, especially further west. A trained spotter 6.4 inches in Weston, and 6.0 inches in Fairfield, and a Cocorahs observer reported 6.1 inches in Norwalk, with a public report of 6.0 inches at 4 SSE Easton and 5.5 inches at 2 SW Bridgeport.

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 1074826. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.