Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- August 6, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.600, -72.550
Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 6, 1989
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
- 8
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
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- August 6, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.580, -72.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Worcester
- When
- August 6, 2:19 PM CST
- Where
- Worcester County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.230, -72.150
Hail, Middlesex
- When
- August 6, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Middlesex County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.520, -71.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Berkshire
- When
- August 6, 4:17 PM CST
- Where
- Berkshire County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.450, -73.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- August 6, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.600, -72.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Worcester
- When
- August 6, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Worcester County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.480, -72.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Worcester
- When
- August 6, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Worcester County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.420, -72.100
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.
- 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 Damaging Winds in Vermont, August 6, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 6, 1989
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 6, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 6, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 6, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 6, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 6, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 6, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 6, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 6, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 6, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wyoming, August 6, 1989
More
Every storm in Massachusetts in 1989Every state in 1989This day in weather historyWarnings in Massachusetts, August 1989
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: 10041349, 10041350, 10041351, 10041352, 10041353, 10041354, 10041355, 10041356.