Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- June 2, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.600, -72.550
Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 2, 1989
14 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 10
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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
14 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Worcester
- When
- June 2, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Worcester County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -72.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Worcester
- When
- June 2, 1:32 PM CST
- Where
- Worcester County
- Measured
- 110 kt (127 mph)
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 42.580, -71.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Worcester
- When
- June 2, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Worcester County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.150, -71.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Norfolk
- When
- June 2, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Norfolk County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.130, -71.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Worcester
- When
- June 2, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Worcester County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -72.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Worcester
- When
- June 2, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Worcester County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.600, -71.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Middlesex
- When
- June 2, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Middlesex County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 42.620, -71.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Worcester
- When
- June 2, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Worcester County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.150, -71.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Norfolk
- When
- June 2, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Norfolk County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.120, -71.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Middlesex
- When
- June 2, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Middlesex County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 42.620, -71.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Middlesex
- When
- June 2, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Middlesex County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.480, -71.070
Hail, Suffolk
- When
- June 2, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Suffolk County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.420, -71.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Norfolk
- When
- June 2, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Norfolk County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.130, -71.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Norfolk
- When
- June 2, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Norfolk County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.130, -71.250
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Worcester | 1989-06-02 | Direct |
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 Hail in Nebraska, June 2, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 2, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 2, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 2, 1989
- Tornado in Missouri, June 2, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 2, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 2, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, June 2, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 2, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 2, 1989
- Hail in New Mexico, June 2, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 2, 1989
More
Every storm in Massachusetts in 1989Every state in 1989This day in weather historyWarnings in Massachusetts, June 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: 10040228, 10040229, 10040230, 10040231, 10040232, 10040233, 10040234, 10040235, 10040236, 10040237, 10040238, 10040239, 10040240, 10040241, 10040242.