Heavy Snow — Northern New London, Connecticut

2023-02-27 to 2023-02-28 · Northern New London, Connecticut

Event narrative

Heavy snow fell across the county into the morning commute. Cocorahs observer reported 6.7 inches in Norwich, and 5.5 inches at 5.2 SE Norwich. A public observer reported 5.5 inches at 3 WSW Franklin.

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 1074832. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.