Average Annual Precipitation for Connecticut

The tables below give yearly averages for rainfall plus snowfall at cities and towns in Connecticut.

Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives in a year. There is also a count of the number of days with wet weather, when precipitation amounts to 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more.

The annual precipitation totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for places in Coastal Connecticut and Inland Connecticut.

Coastal Connecticut

Average yearly precipitation
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
125 Bridgeport 44.1 1120
128 Groton 48.9 1242
124 New Haven 41.8 1061
116 New London 39.3 998
120 Norwich 52.2 1325
124 Stamford 51.6 1311

Inland Connecticut

Annual averages for rainfall plus snowfall
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
123 Burlington 53.5 1358
134 Danbury 53.0 1347
130 Hartford 47.1 1195
148 Norfolk 52.9 1345
143 Torrington 54.3 1378
128 West Thompson Lake 50.1 1272
125 Woodbury 51.2 1299
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

Connecticut Precipitation
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