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Winter Storm in Northern New London, Connecticut

Winter Storm January 25, 2026 – January 26, 2026 · Northern New London, Connecticut

What the National Weather Service wrote

Cocorahs observers reported 15.0 inches in Norwich, 12.4 inches at 5.2 SE Norwich, 12.7 inches in Preston, 12.0 inches at 0.6 ENE Colchester, and 12.0 inches at 2.4 NNW Ucassville. A trained spotter reported 10.0 inches at 3 ENE Franklin. The average snowfall across the zone was estimated to be around 12.0 inches.

The wider storm

A low pressure system emerged out of the Southern Plains and Texas and rode northeast through the Tennessee Valley and the Appalachians, before emerging just off the New Jersey coast. This produced a heavy snowfall across all of Southern Connecticut, with sleet, some of it heavy across a portion of the region.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1303400. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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