Flood in Massachusetts, October 8 to 9, 2005

Name: Flood in Massachusetts, October 8 to 9, 2005
Start: 2005-10-08T23:45
End: 2005-10-09T17:00
Location: Massachusetts

October 8 to 9, 2005 · NWS ALY · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, 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 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Northern Berkshire

When: October 8, 11:45 PM EST to October 9, 5:00 PM EST
Where: Northern Berkshire forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.717, -70.117

The Housatonic River had a flood crest of 8.14 feet at Coltsville, Massachusetts on Oct 9, at 8:30 AM EST.

What these are

Flood: Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Massachusetts in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Massachusetts, October 2005

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: 5477023.