Heat, Eastern Norfolk
- When
- January 3, 1:20 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Norfolk forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.171, -71.184 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Massachusetts, January 3, 1998
The temperature soared to a balmy maximum of 59 degrees at Blue Hill Observatory in Milton, setting a new record for the date. The old record was 58 degrees set in 1930.
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
- 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.
The temperature soared to a balmy maximum of 59 degrees at Blue Hill Observatory in Milton, setting a new record for the date. The old record was 58 degrees set in 1930.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Avalanche in Idaho, January 3, 1998
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, January 3, 1998
- Winter Storm in California, January 3 to 4, 1998
- Ice Storm in Kansas, January 3 to 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 3, 1998
- Hail in Texas, January 3, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, January 3 to 5, 1998
- Winter Storm in California, January 3 to 4, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Oregon, January 3 to 4, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Oregon, January 3, 1998
- Winter Storm in Washington, January 3, 1998
- Heat in Connecticut, January 3, 1998
More
Every storm in Massachusetts in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Massachusetts, January 1998
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: 5635698.