Hail, Hampden
- When
- July 25, 11:55 AM CST
- Where
- Hampden County
- Measured
- 1.33 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -73.000
Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 25, 1972
3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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
3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hampden
- When
- July 25, 11:55 AM CST
- Where
- Hampden County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -73.000
Hail, Worcester
- When
- July 25, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Worcester County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -71.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Plymouth
- When
- July 25, 1:56 PM CST
- Where
- Plymouth County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -70.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Plymouth
- When
- July 25, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Plymouth County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -70.780
Hail, Berkshire
- When
- July 25, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Berkshire County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.380, -73.280
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 25, 1972
- Tornado and Hail in New York, July 25, 1972
- Hail in Vermont, July 25, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 25, 1972
- Hail in Maine, July 25, 1972
- Hail in Colorado, July 25, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 25, 1972
- Tornado in South Dakota, July 25, 1972
More
Every storm in Massachusetts in 1972Every state in 1972This day in weather history
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: 10039843, 10039844, 10039845, 10039846, 10039847, 10039848.