Rainfall Totals: Historic flooding in Connecticut

NEWTOWN, Conn. (WWLP) – While many saw rain on Sunday, parts of Connecticut saw historic flooding with some towns seeing over ten inches of rain.

Catastrophic and historic flooding in Connecticut with parts of New Haven and Fairfield Counties saw over 10 inches of rain on Sunday. Oxford, Connecticut received over a foot of rainfall with Monroe seeing 10 inches.

This led to roads being washed out, homes and businesses being damaged and even people having to be rescued from the flood waters in their cars. These kinds of floods are referred to as 1 in 1,000-year floods.

This does not mean it happens once every 1,000 years. It means a flood like this has a 0.1% chance of happening in any given year.

Connecticut Rainfall Totals

New Haven County

• Oxford: 16.31″
• Middlebury: 9.55″
• Naugatuck: 8.04″
• Seymour: 6.80″
• North Port: 4.86″
• Meriden: 4.43″
• Bethany: 3.84″
• Wallingford: 3.83″

Fairfield County

• Newtown: 12.45″
• Monroe: 9.98″
• Redding Ridge: 9.22″
• Newtown: 9.06″
• Bethel: 7.92″
• Redding: 7.92″
• Norwalk: 7.08″
• Stamford: 6.87″
• Brookfield: 6.86″
• New Fairfield: 6.82″
• Stamford: 6.50″
• New Canaan: 5.63″
• Danbury: 5.12″
• Greenwich: 3.98″
• Westport: 3.55″
• Shelton: 2.83″

7 Day Forecast

As for the week ahead, the forecast looks mostly dry.

Weather News

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Chris Bouzakis is a meteorologist who has been a part of the 22News team since 2021. Follow Chris on X @ChrisBouzakis and view his bio to see more of his work.

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