Hail, Hampshire
- When
- May 21, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hampshire County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.420, -72.530
Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, May 21, 1985
5 hail, 4 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hampshire
- When
- May 21, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hampshire County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.420, -72.530
Hail, Hampden
- When
- May 21, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hampden County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -72.600
Hail, Hampden
- When
- May 21, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hampden County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -72.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Hampden
- When
- May 21, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hampden County
- Coordinates
- 42.120, -72.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Hampden
- When
- May 21, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Hampden County
- Coordinates
- 42.170, -72.480
Hail, Hampshire
- When
- May 21, 3:18 PM CST
- Where
- Hampshire County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.270, -72.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Hampden
- When
- May 21, 4:03 PM CST
- Where
- Hampden County
- Coordinates
- 42.120, -72.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Worcester
- When
- May 21, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Worcester County
- Coordinates
- 42.270, -71.800
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 21, 1985
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 21, 1985
- Tornado in Colorado, May 21, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 21, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 21, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 21, 1985
- Hail in New Jersey, May 21, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Maine, May 21, 1985
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 21, 1985
- Hail in New York, May 21, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 21, 1985
More
Every storm in Massachusetts in 1985Every state in 1985This 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: 10039062, 10039063, 10039064, 10039065, 10039066, 10039067, 10039068, 10039069, 10039070.