Excessive Heat, Eastern Norfolk
- When
- May 9, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 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)
Excessive Heat and Hail in Massachusetts, May 9, 2000
An isolated severe thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Granville and Southwick. At the Blue Hill Observatory in Milton, the high temperature of 93 degrees broke the previous record high for the date of 92 degrees, set in 1979.
Where it happened
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- 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.
An isolated severe thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Granville and Southwick. At the Blue Hill Observatory in Milton, the high temperature of 93 degrees broke the previous record high for the date of 92 degrees, set in 1979.
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 24 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:14 UTC.
Event by event
1 excessive heat, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hampden
- When
- May 9, 6:15 PM EST to 6:21 PM EST
- Where
- Hampden County, Granville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.067, -72.867
What these are
- Excessive Heat
- Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, May 9, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 9, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 9, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 9, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 9, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 9, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, May 9, 2000
- Lightning Strikes in Oklahoma, May 9, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Indiana, May 9, 2000
- High Wind in Oregon, May 9, 2000
More
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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: 5149921, 5149920.