Drought, Suffolk / Also Part of Norfolk
- When
- June 30, 11:59 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)
Drought in Massachusetts, June 30, 1999
At Logan International Airport in Boston, only a trace of precipitation fell during the month of June. This made June 1999 the driest June on record in Boston.
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.
At Logan International Airport in Boston, only a trace of precipitation fell during the month of June. This made June 1999 the driest June on record in Boston. The previous record was 0.23 inches, which was set in June, 1912. Records in Boston date back to 1872.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 30, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Georgia, June 30, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strikes in Arkansas, June 30, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 30, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 30, 1999
- Flash Flood in Alabama, June 30, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 30, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 30, 1999
- Hail in Colorado, June 30, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, June 30, 1999
- Hail in Colorado, June 30, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 30, 1999
More
Every storm in Massachusetts in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Massachusetts, June 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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5705088.