Tornado History Map

Windham County, Connecticut tornado history

11 tornadoes recorded in or across Windham County from 1958 to 2023, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Windham County

The Storm Prediction Center records 11 tornadoes whose paths touched Windham County, Connecticut between 1958 and 2023. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is August, with 4 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 7 September 1958. The most recent was on 13 September 2023.

  • 11tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 2injuries
  • 214per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Windham County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0545%
F1 / EF1545%
F2 / EF219%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Windham County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in 2020s.1950s11980s21990s22010s22020s4

The 2020s only run to 2023, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1980s2
1990s2
2010s2
2020s4
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in Aug.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun1Jul3Aug4Sep2Oct0Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun1
Jul3
Aug4
Sep2
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Windham County

  • Strongest: Connecticut tornado7 September 1958, F2, 2 injuries, 1.3 miles long
  • Longest path: Connecticut tornado24 June 1985, F1, 10 miles long
  • Most recent: Connecticut tornado13 September 2023, EF1, 1.6 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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