High Wind, Eastern Norfolk
- When
- November 8, 9:00 PM EST to November 9, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Norfolk forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.171, -71.184 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Massachusetts, November 8 to 9, 1996
A strong eastward moving cold front brought strong south winds with gusts of 40 to 55 mph across eastern Massachusetts. Higher gusts were recorded atop the 600 foot Blue Hill in Milton, where the Observatory recorded a peak wind gust to 67 mph.
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
- 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 BOX wrote it up.
A strong eastward moving cold front brought strong south winds with gusts of 40 to 55 mph across eastern Massachusetts. Higher gusts were recorded atop the 600 foot Blue Hill in Milton, where the Observatory recorded a peak wind gust to 67 mph. A few scattered power outages were reported in some communities including Acton, Wayland, Sudbury, Natick, Bedford, Weston, East Boston, and Roxbury.
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
- Tornado in Georgia, November 8, 1996
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, November 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, November 8 to 9, 1996
- Tornado in Maryland, November 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, November 8, 1996
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, November 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, November 8 to 9, 1996
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, November 8, 1996
- Tornado in Georgia, November 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, November 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, November 8 to 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, November 8, 1996
More
Every storm in Massachusetts in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Massachusetts, November 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5579030.