Thunderstorm Wind, Berkshire
- When
- July 17, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Berkshire County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.720, -73.200
Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 17, 1988
6 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
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Berkshire
- When
- July 17, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Berkshire County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.450, -73.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Berkshire
- When
- July 17, 3:27 PM CST
- Where
- Berkshire County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.570, -73.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- July 17, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.580, -72.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Berkshire
- When
- July 17, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Berkshire County
- Coordinates
- 42.450, -73.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Essex
- When
- July 17, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Essex County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.780, -71.080
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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, July 17, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 17, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wyoming, July 17, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 17, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 17, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 17, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 17, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 17, 1988
- Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, July 17, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 17, 1988
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: 10040214, 10040215, 10040216, 10040217, 10040218, 10040219.