Typical of a New England state, Connecticut tends to have cold, stormy winters and relatively mild, if humid, summers. Connecticut is notable in that it has an equable distribution of precipitation among all four seasons and a wide range of temperatures, both daily and annually. Precipitation averages 1 day in 3, with substantial snowfall in the winter from December to March, and there are an average of 140 overcast days per year.

Connecticut lies in the “prevailing westerly”, a belt of eastward air movement that brings a large number of storm centers and air mass fronts over the state every year. Along with normal storms, visitors should look out for Connecticut’s infamous “nor’easters”, high wind winter storms.