About Connecticut :

Climate

Despite New England's reputation for rugged climate, Connecticut's weather is relatively mild. In the Hartford area, on average, there are just 19 days a year when the temperature goes above 90?, and only six when it falls to 0? or below. As small as the state is, there is some variation in climate, with temperatures in the northwestern hills occasionally as much as 10? lower than those in the central valley.

Average highs and lows in the Hartford area, by month:

Appreciable precipitation (.01"+) is experienced about 127 days a year, rather evenly divided among the months.

State Agencies

Connecticut Commission Culture & Tourism
One Financial Plaza
755 Main Street
Hartford, CT CT 06103
(860) 256-2800

Bureau of Parks & Forests
CT Department of Environmental Protection
79 Elm Street
Hartford, CT 06106-5127
(860) 424-3200

CT.gov
The Official State of Connecticut Website

Connecticut Department of Agriculture
765 Asylum Avenue
Hartford, CT 06105
(860) 713-2503, (800) 861-9939

Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development
505 Hudson Street
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 270-8000

Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles
60 State Street
Wethersfield, CT 06161
(860) 263-5700, (800) 842-8222

Connecticut Department of Transportation
2800 Berlin Turnpike
Newington, CT  06131
(860) 594-2000

Information Centers

Unless otherwise noted, Connecticut Welcome Centers are open daily, year-round.
Connecticut Welcome Centers are located at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks in Terminals A and B and at the following locations (# = open seasonally) (* = not staffed, tourism literature available only);

I-95:

• North Stonington (southbound)
• Westbrook (northbound)
• Darien (northbound at McDonald's™)

I-84:

• Danbury (eastbound)
• Willington (westbound)

Merritt Parkway:

• Greenwich (northbound)#

# = open seasonally

Tourism, information is also available at the following privately operated center: at McDonald's?™ restaurants along I-95 (north/southbound) at Fairfield, Milford, Branford and Madison; Old State House in Hartford (I-91 Exit 31); State Capitol/Legislative Office Building, Hartford (I-84 Exit 48, I-91 Exit 29A): Hartford Civic Center; Visitors Welcome Center in Glastonbury (Rte. 2 Hebron Ave. Exit); Litchfield Hills Information Center# on the Town Green; Olde Mistick Village in Mystic (I-95 Exit 90) also Tourist Information Depot of Mystic (I-95 Ex. 90); New Haven (900 Chapel St.) also Long Wharf Visitors Center (I-95 Exit 47); The Gate Lodge-Mathews Park in Norwalk (I-95 Exit 14N/15S); Norwich Information Center# (I-395 Exit 80); Old Saybrook Chamber of Commerce Information Center# (I-95 Exit 67N/68S); Stamford Visitor Information Center in Stamford Town Center (I-95 Exit 7 or 8); Waterbury Visitors Welcome Center (I-84W Exit 23); Falls Village Visitor Center (Rte. 126N, off Rte. 7).