Heat, Suffolk / Also Part of Norfolk
- When
- July 17, 1:29 PM EST
- Where
- Suffolk / Also Part of Norfolk forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.264, -71.125 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Massachusetts, July 17, 1999
The high temperature at Logan International Airport in Boston of 98 degrees tied the record high for the date which was set in 1977. At the Blue Hill Observatory in Milton, the high temperature of 95 degrees tied the record high for the date, which was set in 1997.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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 high temperature at Logan International Airport in Boston of 98 degrees tied the record high for the date which was set in 1977. At the Blue Hill Observatory in Milton, the high temperature of 95 degrees tied the record high for the date, which was set in 1997.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Eastern Norfolk
- When
- July 17, 1:50 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Norfolk forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.171, -71.184 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Lightning Strike in Montana, July 17, 1999
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 17, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 17, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 17, 1999
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 17, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 17, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Colorado, July 17 to 18, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Alaska, July 17 to 21, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Washington, July 17, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 17, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 17, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Kansas, July 17, 1999
More
Every storm in Massachusetts in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Massachusetts, July 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5710676, 5710677.