Storms in Massachusetts in 1998

659 events in 94 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Massachusetts in 1998, 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 1998 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

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The year

Events: 659
Deaths: 5
Injuries: 19
Damage: $25 million
Episodes: 94

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	269	1	1	$11,000
Heavy Rain	90	0	0
Thunderstorm Wind	76	2	1	$92,000
Hail	55	0	12	$10 million
Flash Flood	44	0	1	$14 million
Heavy Snow	35	0	0
Flood	20	0	0
Lightning	18	0	1	$60,000
Heat	16	0	0
High Wind	14	0	3	$260,000
Winter Weather	7	2	0
Coastal Flood	6	0	0	$200,000
Ice Storm	3	0	0	$20,000
Winter Storm	3	0	0
Funnel Cloud	3	0	0

Every episode, month by month

January 1998

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September 1998

October 1998

November 1998

December 1998

Every year in Massachusetts Every state in 1998 Tornadoes in Massachusetts in 1998 Warnings in Massachusetts in 1998 1997 1999

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.