Storms in Massachusetts in 2002
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Massachusetts in 2002, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.
Massachusetts in 2002 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 209
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- $4.1 million
- Episodes
- 55
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.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 62 | 0 | 0 | $766,000 |
| Hail | 35 | 0 | 0 | $634,000 |
| Lightning | 23 | 0 | 1 | $65,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 20 | 0 | 1 | $267,000 |
| Winter Storm | 18 | 0 | 0 | $205,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 9 | 0 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 5 | 0 | 0 | $85,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 1 | 0 | 0 | $684,000 |
| Flash Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2002
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, January 6 to 7, 2002
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, January 6 to 7, 2002
March 2002
- High Wind in Massachusetts, March 10, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, March 20, 2002
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, March 20, 2002
April 2002
May 2002
- High Wind in Massachusetts, May 3, 2002
- Frost and Freeze in Massachusetts, May 20, 2002
- Frost and Freeze in Massachusetts, May 22, 2002
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Massachusetts, May 27, 2002
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, May 28, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, May 28, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, May 31, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, May 31, 2002
June 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, June 2, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, June 5, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, June 5, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, June 6, 2002
- Hail in Massachusetts, June 16, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, June 16, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 16, 2002
- Hail in Massachusetts, June 17, 2002
- Hail in Massachusetts, June 17, 2002
- Lightning Strikes in Massachusetts, June 26, 2002
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Massachusetts, June 27, 2002
July 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, July 4, 2002
- Wildfire in Massachusetts, July 5 to 7, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 15, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, July 18, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, July 19, 2002
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 23, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 23, 2002
August 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 2, 2002
- Hail in Massachusetts, August 2, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, August 5, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, August 14, 2002
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, August 16, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 16, 2002
September 2002
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, September 4, 2002
- High Wind in Massachusetts, September 11, 2002
- Heavy Rain in Massachusetts, September 15 to 16, 2002
- Heavy Rain in Massachusetts, September 22 to 23, 2002
October 2002
November 2002
- Storm Surge and Winter Storm in Massachusetts, November 5 to 6, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, November 5 to 6, 2002
- Ice Storm and High Wind in Massachusetts, November 16 to 18, 2002
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, November 17, 2002
- High Wind in Massachusetts, November 23, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, November 27, 2002
December 2002
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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.