Excessive Heat in Massachusetts, March 8 to 9, 2000

Name: Excessive Heat in Massachusetts, March 8 to 9, 2000
Start: 2000-03-08T15:00
End: 2000-03-09T18:00
Location: Massachusetts

March 8 to 9, 2000 · NWS ALY · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 excessive heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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.

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Event by event

1 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Excessive Heat, Berkshire

When: March 8, 3:00 PM EST to March 9, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Berkshire forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 42.371, -73.206 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The season's first Bermuda type high pumped unseasonably warm air across the Berkshires on March 8 and March 9. Temperatures climbed through the 60s to near 70 both afternoons. At the Albany International Airport, the high of 66 degrees on March 8 established a new record, eclipsing the old record of 64 set in 1942. On March 9 the temperature reached 68 degrees, replacing the old daily record high of 66 set in 1977. A strong cold front brought an end to the warmth during the evening hours on March 9.

What these are

Excessive Heat: Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Massachusetts in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Massachusetts, March 2000

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: 5138325.