Alert archive / Massachusetts / 2026
Weather alerts in Massachusetts, January 2026
90 weather alerts in January 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in January 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 90
- Warnings
- 21
- Watches
- 13
- Advisories
- 41
- Busiest day
- January 22, 202611 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 1:58 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 23 hr | |
| Jan 1, 4:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 67 min |
| Jan 1, 5:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 52 min |
| Jan 1, 6:45 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester | 45 min |
| Jan 1, 7:29 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and 2 more | 61 min |
| Jan 1, 8:28 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk and 1 more | 47 min |
| Jan 1, 8:46 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BOX | Bristol, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester | 59 min |
| Jan 2, 1:04 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 36 hr | |
| Jan 4, 1:13 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 14 hr | |
| Jan 6, 12:11 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 35 hr |
| Jan 6, 12:22 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 3 more | 34 hr |
| Jan 6, 1:19 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 60 hr | |
| Jan 8, 1:10 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 42 hr | |
| Jan 9, 2:25 PM EST | Gale Watch | BOX | 23 hr | |
| Jan 10, 12:47 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 27 hr |
| Jan 10, 12:58 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 27 hr |
| Jan 10, 1:34 PM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 41 hr | |
| Jan 11, 12:31 AM EST | Wind Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 32 hr |
| Jan 11, 12:53 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 32 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 63 min |
| Jan 11, 5:22 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 53 min |
| Jan 11, 5:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 43 min |
| Jan 11, 6:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 46 min |
| Jan 12, 6:31 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 68 hr | |
| Jan 13, 2:48 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 34 hr | |
| Jan 14, 2:12 AM EST | Gale Watch | BOX | 11 hr | |
| Jan 14, 1:25 PM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 51 hr | |
| Jan 14, 1:25 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 13 hr | |
| Jan 16, 12:36 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 28 hr |
| Jan 16, 1:48 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 27 hr |
| Jan 16, 1:55 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 47 hr | |
| Jan 17, 9:55 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 3 hr |
| Jan 17, 12:38 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 39 hr |
| Jan 17, 1:17 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 6 more | 42 hr |
| Jan 17, 4:38 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 17 hr | |
| Jan 18, 1:23 PM EST | Gale Watch | BOX | 11 hr | |
| Jan 19, 12:36 AM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 29 hr | |
| Jan 19, 12:36 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 3 days | |
| Jan 19, 8:22 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 38 min |
| Jan 19, 8:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 37 min |
| Jan 19, 9:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 47 min |
| Jan 19, 10:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 48 min |
| Jan 21, 1:51 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 34 hr | |
| Jan 21, 12:33 PM EST | Extreme Cold Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 24 hr |
| Jan 22, 12:17 AM EST | Extreme Cold Watch | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 12 hr |
| Jan 22, 12:57 AM EST | Gale Watch | BOX | 11 hr | |
| Jan 22, 12:57 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 11 hr | |
| Jan 22, 11:44 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more | 25 hr |
| Jan 22, 11:48 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more | 46 hr |
| Jan 22, 11:48 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 49 hr |
| Jan 22, 11:50 AM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 43 hr | |
| Jan 22, 11:50 AM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | BOX | 48 hr | |
| Jan 22, 11:50 AM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory | BOX | 48 hr | |
| Jan 22, 12:34 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 48 hr |
| Jan 22, 12:38 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 24 hr |
| Jan 23, 12:28 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more | 3 days |
| Jan 23, 12:30 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 3 days |
| Jan 24, 12:28 AM EST | Gale Watch | BOX | 12 hr | |
| Jan 24, 12:18 PM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 43 hr | |
| Jan 24, 12:18 PM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory | BOX | 7 hr | |
| Jan 25, 11:55 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkshire, Bristol, Hampden, Hampshire, Norfolk, Worcester | 4 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:02 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 25, 7:26 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkshire, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 26, 2:09 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 32 hr | |
| Jan 26, 1:36 PM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 20 hr | |
| Jan 26, 1:36 PM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory | BOX | 23 hr | |
| Jan 27, 11:14 AM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 13 hr | |
| Jan 27, 11:14 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 29 hr | |
| Jan 27, 2:43 PM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory | BOX | 22 hr | |
| Jan 27, 6:27 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Norfolk | 63 min |
| Jan 28, 12:22 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 63 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:07 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 49 hr | |
| Jan 29, 12:07 AM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | BOX | 49 hr | |
| Jan 29, 12:07 AM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory | BOX | 49 hr | |
| Jan 29, 12:31 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 5 more | 34 hr |
| Jan 29, 11:26 AM EST | Gale Watch | BOX | 25 hr | |
| Jan 29, 11:26 AM EST | Storm Watch | BOX | 38 hr | |
| Jan 29, 11:36 AM EST | Coastal Flood Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more | 49 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:28 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket | 35 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:32 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 25 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:17 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more | 20 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:49 PM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 58 hr | |
| Jan 30, 11:35 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth | 37 hr |
| Jan 31, 12:47 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more | 61 hr |
| Jan 31, 1:01 AM EST | Storm Warning | BOX | 46 hr | |
| Jan 31, 1:01 AM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory | BOX | 56 hr | |
| Jan 31, 12:03 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket | 31 hr |
| Jan 31, 12:06 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 22 hr |
| Jan 31, 12:19 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 22 hr |
| Jan 31, 1:01 PM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | BOX | Nantucket | 24 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.