Winter Storm — Southern New London, Connecticut

2021-02-01 to 2021-02-03 · Southern New London, Connecticut

Event narrative

The public reported 9.2 inches of snow in New London. The Groton Airport ASOS measured a 51 mph wind gust at 7:56 pm on February 1, 2021.

Wider weather episode

Low pressure developed over the Ohio Valley and Middle Atlantic on Sunday, January 31, 2021. The low then consolidated along the Middle Atlantic coast early on Monday, February 1, 2021 and intensified as it slowly tracked to the north-northeast. The low meandered slowly north as it moved along the northeast and New England coast later on Monday February 1, 2021 through Wednesday, February 3, 2021. The low brought a major winter storm to northeast New Jersey, with the most significant impacts occurring on Monday, February 1, 2021. 3 to 6 inches of snow had already accumulated by the start of the morning commute across southwest Connecticut. Near blizzard conditions then occurred late morning into the early evening with snowfall rates of 1 to 3 inches per hour. Strong winds combined with these heavy snow rates to produce visibilities one quarter mile or less at times. Lighter snow bands then lingered intermittently through the early morning hours on February 3, 2021. Snowfall totals ranged from 8 to as high as 19 inches. Winds gusted 40 to 55 mph at times on Monday, February 1, 2021, which caused power outages. Travel was also severely impacted with snow covered roads. COVID testing and vaccination sites were closed. Impacts were limited on February 2, 2021 and February 3, 2021 as the snow was largely light.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 940330. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.