High Wind, Northern Berkshire
- When
- February 24, 11:00 PM EST to February 25, 6:15 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Berkshire forecast zone
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.371, -73.206 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Massachusetts, February 24 to 25, 1996
A rapidly deepening low pressure system moved from southern New Jersey northeast to northern Maine by the morning of February 25. This system brought damaging winds to Berkshire County, Massachusetts which downed many trees across the area and produced scattered power outages.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS ALY wrote it up.
A rapidly deepening low pressure system moved from southern New Jersey northeast to northern Maine by the morning of February 25. This system brought damaging winds to Berkshire County, Massachusetts which downed many trees across the area and produced scattered power outages. Over 6,500 customers were without power across the county. In Lee and Otis, cars were damaged by fallen trees.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire in Kansas, February 24, 1996
- High Wind in New York, February 24 to 25, 1996
- High Wind in New York, February 24 to 25, 1996
- High Wind in Maryland, February 24, 1996
- High Wind in Vermont, February 24 to 25, 1996
- High Wind in Connecticut, February 24 to 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, February 24 to 25, 1996
- Winter Storm in Montana, February 24 to 25, 1996
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 24, 1996
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 24, 1996
- High Wind in New Jersey, February 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 24 to 25, 1996
More
Every storm in Massachusetts in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Massachusetts, February 1996
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: 5554893.