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Winter Storm in Southern New London, Connecticut

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Cocorahs observers reported 13.0 inches in East Lyme, 12.0 inches in Waterford, 12.5 inches in New London, and 11.5 inches in Mystic. A trained spotter reported 11.9 inches at 1 S New London. Average snowfall in the zone was estimated to be just under 12 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 1303401. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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