When Was the Last Time a Hurricane Hit Connecticut?

Trying to remember the last Connecticut? It was Bob, a category 2 storm that crossed through the state just over 20 years ago.

Connecticut's Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection has moved up its projected arrival of Irene, which it now forecasts to make landfall around 5 p.m. Sunday as a category 1 storm.

Here's the latest from the DESPP:

Irene is forecast to move North on Friday and Saturday crossing the outer banks of Cape Hatteras around 6:00 PM Saturday night. Irene is then forecast to move up along the immediate East Coast and arrive in the Stamford area around 5:00 PM Sunday afternoon as a Category I hurricane. The first effects from Irene are expected to begin Saturday afternoon with light rain which is expected to become heavy at times by midnight. Heavy rain is expected to continue from midnight on Saturday through the passage of the center of Irene late Sunday afternoon (especially in Western Connecticut). Tropical storm force winds are expected to enter the state late Sunday morning and hurricane force winds are expected by mid afternoon on Sunday. Although forecast confidence is getting better with each update, Irene is still 3 days away and additional changes to the track forecast are likely.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, just nine hurricanes have hit the Nutmeg State since 1851:

• Unnamed (1): Sept. 16, 1858
• Unnamed (1):  Sept. 8, 1869
• Unnamed (3): Sept. 21, 1938
• Unnamed (3): Sept. 15, 1944
• Carol (3): Aug. 31, 1954
• Donna (2): Sept. 12, 1960
• Belle (1): Aug. 10, 1976
• Gloria (2): Sept. 27, 1985
• Bob (2): Aug. 19, 1991