Fairfield County
Temperature Summary (1946-2006)
Highest Maximum: 107 F, July 20, 1986, August 22, 1983
Lowest Minimum: -3 F, February 14, 1899
Annual Average:
Maximum 74.9 F
Mean 61.8 F
Minimum 48.7 F
Precipitation Summary (1946-2006)
Highest Daily Rainfall: 7.77 Inches, July 10, 1959
Annual Average Rainfall: 45.40 Inches
Wettest Year:70.10 Inches, 1964
Driest Year:25.23 Inches, 1954
Mean Snowfall: 2.6 Inches
Largest Snowfall: 12 Inches, 1973
Extreme Events (*Data through August 2006)
17 Tornadoes (1950-2006)
Total cost from all tornadoes= $27.952 million
72 Injuries from all the tornadoes
6 deaths from all the tornadoes
90 Wind Events (thunderstorm winds exceeding 60 miles per hour)
40 Hail Events (1955-2006)
Total damages= $2,000
0 Lightning Events
0 Lightning-related Injuries
0 Death from Lightning
Following data from 1993-2006
2 Total Floods
1 Flash Floods
0 River Floods
1 Coastal Flood
22 Ice, Sleet or Snow
10 Extreme Cold Events
184 Months in Moderate to extreme according to Palmer Drought Severity Index computed by Regional Drought Monitor
