High Wind, Western Franklin
- When
- January 27, 2:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Franklin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.583, -72.592 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Massachusetts, January 27, 1996
23 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 23 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 23
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
23 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Eastern Franklin
- When
- January 27, 2:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Franklin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.583, -72.592 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Northern Worcester
- When
- January 27, 2:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Worcester forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.351, -71.908 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Western Middlesex
- When
- January 27, 2:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Middlesex forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.486, -71.392 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Western Essex
- When
- January 27, 2:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Essex forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.639, -70.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Eastern Essex
- When
- January 27, 2:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Essex forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.639, -70.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Western Hampshire
- When
- January 27, 2:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Hampshire forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.340, -72.664 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Western Hampden
- When
- January 27, 2:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Hampden forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.135, -72.632 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Eastern Hampshire
- When
- January 27, 2:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Hampshire forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.340, -72.664 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Eastern Hampden
- When
- January 27, 2:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Hampden forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.135, -72.632 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern Worcester
- When
- January 27, 2:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Worcester forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.351, -71.908 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Western Norfolk
- When
- January 27, 2:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Norfolk forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.171, -71.184 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southeast Middlesex
- When
- January 27, 2:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southeast Middlesex forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.486, -71.392 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Suffolk
- When
- January 27, 2:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Suffolk forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.264, -71.125 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Eastern Norfolk
- When
- January 27, 2:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Norfolk forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.171, -71.184 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Northern Bristol
- When
- January 27, 2:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Bristol forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.757, -71.088 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Western Plymouth
- When
- January 27, 2:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Plymouth forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.987, -70.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Eastern Plymouth
- When
- January 27, 2:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Plymouth forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.079, -70.960 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern Bristol
- When
- January 27, 2:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Bristol forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.757, -71.088 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern Plymouth
- When
- January 27, 2:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Plymouth forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.987, -70.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Barnstable
- When
- January 27, 2:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Barnstable forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.684, -70.274 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Dukes
- When
- January 27, 2:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Dukes forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.389, -70.699 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Nantucket
- When
- January 27, 2:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Nantucket forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.270, -70.022 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Flooding in Pennsylvania, January 27 to 28, 1996
- Flooding in New Jersey, January 27 to 31, 1996
- Flooding in Maine, January 27 to 30, 1996
- High Wind in New York, January 27, 1996
- Flooding in New York, January 27, 1996
- High Wind in New York, January 27, 1996
- High Wind in Vermont, January 27, 1996
- Flooding in New York, January 27 to 28, 1996
- High Wind in Maine, January 27 to 28, 1996
- Flooding in New York, January 27 to 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, January 27, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, January 27 to 30, 1996
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: 5551796, 5551797, 5551798, 5551799, 5551800, 5551801, 5551802, 5551803, 5551804, 5551805, 5551806, 5551807, 5551808, 5551809, 5551810, 5551811, 5551812, 5551813, 5551814, 5551815, 5551816, 5551817, 5551818.