Data is updated every year about October/November time period



Stamford Hurricane Barrier
Maximum Stillwater Elevations
Chronological Order for Tides above 7.0 ft NGVD
Top of Barrier is 17.0 ft NGVD
Constructed in 1969
Date Comments Ocean Elevation
(ft NGVD)
24 Aug 1893 Hurricane 10.3
21 Sep 1938 Hurricane 11.0
07 Nov 1944 Hurricane 9.2
30 Nov 1944 7.8
31 Oct 1947 7.7
25 Nov 1950 9.5
31 Aug 1954 Hurricane Carol 10.3
15 Oct 1955 7.9
20 Mar 1958 7.8
12 Mar 1959 7.5
19 Feb 1960 8.5
12 Sep 1960 Hurricane Donna 8.3
13 Apr 1961 8.4
21 Sep 1961 Hurricane Esther 7.7
06 Mar 1962 8.4
10 Nov 1962 7.7
28 Jan 1966 8.4
12 Nov 1968 9.4
25 Dec 1969 7.9
19 Feb 1972 9.0
22 Dec 1972 7.5
04 Apr 1973 8.2
09 Dec 1973 7.8
02 Dec 1974 7.8
09 Aug 1976 7.6
08 Nov 1977 7.7
09 Jan 1978 8.0
06 Feb 1978 9.8
25 Dec 1978 8.2
24 Jan 1979 7.5
25 Oct 1980 9.0
29 Mar 1984 8.5
27 Sep 1985 8.2
22 Oct 1988 7.9
30 Oct 1991 7.8
31 Oct 1991 9.0
03 Dec 1991 7.6
11 Dec 1992 10.1
12 Dec 1992 8.2
13 Dec 1992 7.8
13 Mar 1993 8.1
03 Mar 1994 7.5
24 Dec 1994 8.4
04 Feb 1995 8.1
19 Mar 1996 8.2
17 Sep 1996 7.6
19 Oct 1996 9.1
21 Aug 1997 7.7
14 Nov 1997 7.8
29 Dec 1997 7.5
24 Feb 1998 7.4
25 Jan 2000 7.2
06 Nov 2002 8.0
03 Jan 2003 7.4
06 Dec 2003 7.2
24 May 2005 7.2
25 May 2005 7.3
12 Oct 2005 7.7
16 Dec 2005 7.3
31 Jan 2006 7.5
12 Feb 2006 7.3
02 Sep 2006 7.4
15 Apr 2007 8.2
16 Apr 2007 7.9
17 Apr 2007 7.3
18 Apr 2007 7.9
16 Dec 2007 7.3
12 May 2008 7.2
28 Oct 2008 7.3
12 Dec 2008 7.5
22 Jun 2009 7.1
23 Jul 2009 7.2
16 Oct 2009 7.5
17 Oct 2009 7.3
18 Oct 2009 7.6
14 Nov 2009 7.4
13 Mar 2010 8.8
30 Mar 2010 7.2
26 Apr 2010 7.2
27 Dec 2010 7.3
16 Apr 2011 8.2
16 May 2011 7.1
28 Aug 2011 Hurricane Irene 9.6
28 Sep 2011 7.5
27 Oct 2011 7.4
23 Nov 2011 7.2
03 Jun 2012 7.1
04 Jun 2012 7.7
29 Oct 2012 Morning Tide 9.2
29 Oct 2012 Hurricane Sandy 11.1
30 Oct 2012 7.5
26 Dec 2012 7.4
27 Feb 2013 7.6
09 Mar 2013 7.1
30 Apr 2014 7.2
13 Aug 2014 7.1
28 Oct 2015 7.5
10 Jan 2016 7.3
23 Jan 2016 7.7
08 Feb 2016 7.4
09 Feb 2016 7.6
01 Apr 2017 7.8
05 Nov 2017 7.1
04 Jan 2018 7.2
02 Mar 2018 8.0
15 Apr 2018 7.2
10 Sep 2018 7.6
27 Oct 2018 8.9
16 Nov 2018 8.1
26 Nov 2018 7.6
21 Dec 2018 7.2
20 Jan 2019 7.7
21 Mar 2019 7.1
16 Oct 2019 7.2
27 Oct 2019 7.3
24 Nov 2019 7.2
02 Dec 2019 7.2
30 Dec 2019 7.6
08 May 2020 7.1
09 Oct 2021 7.4
02 Jan 2022 7.4
17 Jan 2022 7.7
19 Apr 2022 8.0
23 Dec 2022 8.8
26 Jan 2023 7.1
04 Mar 2023 7.7
29 Sep 2023 7.1