Thunderstorm Wind, Berkshire
- When
- July 18, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Berkshire County
- Coordinates
- 42.080, -73.280
Tornado and Hail in Massachusetts, July 18, 1963
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Middlesex
- When
- July 18, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Middlesex County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.700, -71.500
Hail, Middlesex
- When
- July 18, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Middlesex County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.380, -71.400
Hail, Middlesex
- When
- July 18, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Middlesex County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.700, -71.500
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 18, 1963
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Hampshire, July 18, 1963
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 18, 1963
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 18, 1963
- Hail in North Dakota, July 18, 1963
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 18, 1963
- Tornado in South Carolina, July 18, 1963
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 18, 1963
- Hail in Montana, July 18, 1963
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 18, 1963
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 18, 1963
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10041243, 10041453, 10041454, 10041455.