Hail, Berkshire
- When
- July 29, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Berkshire County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -73.080
Tornadoes and Hail in Massachusetts, July 29, 1964
2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $50,000
- 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 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Berkshire
- When
- July 29, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Berkshire County
- Coordinates
- 42.580, -73.280
Tornado, Franklin
- When
- July 29, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.600, -72.700
Tornado, Franklin
- When
- July 29, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.600, -72.330
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 29, 1964
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 29, 1964
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 29, 1964
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 29, 1964
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 29, 1964
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 29, 1964
- Hail in Colorado, July 29, 1964
More
Every storm in Massachusetts in 1964Every state in 1964This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Massachusetts, 1964
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: 10041473, 10041474, 10041475, 10041476.