Winter Weather — Northern Fairfield, Connecticut

2025-02-08 to 2025-02-09 · Northern Fairfield, Connecticut

Event narrative

Accumulating snow fell across the zone mostly in a 4 to 5 hour period, mainly during the late evening across the zone, with brief mixed precip and lighter snow afterwards towards early morning. Cocorahs observers reported 6.1 inches in Sandy Hook, 5.0 inches at 5.3 S Newtown, 4.7 inches in Bethel, and 4.8 inches in Ridgefield. Trained spotters reported 5.0 inches at 1 E Danbury and at 5 ENE Redding, along with 4.2 inches at 4 NNW New Fairfield. Danbury ASOS reported 0.02 inches of freezing rain.

Wider weather episode

A progressive low pressure system emerged out of the Tennessee Valley and quickly moved across the region bringing an accumulating wet snowfall. Most places received an advisory level snowfall with mainly 3 to 4 inches of snow, with some locations getting slightly higher and lower amounts. This was a front end quick thump driven by warm advection snowfall which fell primarily during the evening hours of the 8th. The snow quickly tapered to some light freezing rain and drizzle in spots after the initial thump, and changed back to a lighter snow before ending in the early morning.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1228536. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.