Storms in Massachusetts in 1997
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Massachusetts in 1997, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.
Massachusetts in 1997 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 564
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 34
- Damage
- $15 million
- Episodes
- 79
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.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Wind | 224 | 0 | 0 | $11,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 79 | 0 | 1 | $10 million |
| Hail | 55 | 1 | 9 | $138,000 |
| High Wind | 49 | 0 | 0 | $147,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 49 | 0 | 0 | $41,000 |
| Winter Weather | 35 | 0 | 21 | $30,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 12 | 0 | 0 | $105,000 |
| Tornado | 8 | 0 | 2 | $3.2 million |
| Winter Storm | 7 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Funnel Cloud | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Waterspout | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 2 | 0 | 1 | $39,000 |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Devil | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1997
- Coastal Flood and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, January 10, 1997
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, January 10, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, January 11, 1997
- High Wind in Massachusetts, January 16, 1997
- High Wind in Massachusetts, January 17, 1997
- High Wind in Massachusetts, January 17, 1997
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, January 17, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, January 17 to 18, 1997
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, January 27 to 28, 1997
- High Wind in Massachusetts, January 28, 1997
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, January 31, 1997
February 1997
- Heavy Snow and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, February 16 to 17, 1997
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, February 18, 1997
- High Wind in Massachusetts, February 19 to 20, 1997
- High Wind in Massachusetts, February 21, 1997
- Heat and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, February 22, 1997
March 1997
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, March 6, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, March 10, 1997
- High Wind in Massachusetts, March 12, 1997
- High Wind in Massachusetts, March 14, 1997
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, March 14, 1997
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, March 14, 1997
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, March 26, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Massachusetts, March 29, 1997
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, March 31, 1997
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Massachusetts, March 31, 1997
April 1997
- Heavy Snow and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, April 1, 1997
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, April 1, 1997
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in Massachusetts, April 19, 1997
May 1997
- Hail in Massachusetts, May 1, 1997
- Hail in Massachusetts, May 1, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, May 6, 1997
June 1997
July 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Massachusetts, July 3, 1997
- Tornado in Massachusetts, July 3, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, July 3, 1997
- Tornado in Massachusetts, July 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 3, 1997
- Hail in Massachusetts, July 7, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Massachusetts, July 7, 1997
- Hail in Massachusetts, July 7, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 9, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 9, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, July 17, 1997
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, July 17, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 18, 1997
- Dust Devil in Massachusetts, July 22, 1997
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, July 25, 1997
August 1997
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 3, 1997
- Tornado in Massachusetts, August 6, 1997
- Hail in Massachusetts, August 6, 1997
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, August 9, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 16, 1997
- Tornado and Waterspouts in Massachusetts, August 20, 1997
- Strong Wind and Heavy Rain in Massachusetts, August 21, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 22, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 22, 1997
September 1997
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, September 13, 1997
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, September 20, 1997
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, September 29, 1997
October 1997
November 1997
- High Wind and Heavy Rain in Massachusetts, November 1, 1997
- High Wind in Massachusetts, November 1, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, November 4, 1997
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, November 4, 1997
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, November 14, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, November 14, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, November 22, 1997
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, November 27, 1997
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, November 28, 1997
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, November 30, 1997
December 1997
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, December 2, 1997
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, December 10 to 11, 1997
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, December 14, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, December 23, 1997
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, December 24 to 25, 1997
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, December 29 to 30, 1997
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, December 29 to 30, 1997
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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.