Storms in Massachusetts in 2008
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Massachusetts in 2008, 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 2008 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
- 749
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 34
- Damage
- $57 million
- Episodes
- 109
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 | 254 | 0 | 15 | $2.5 million |
| Hail | 154 | 1 | 9 | $6.5 million |
| Heavy Snow | 95 | 0 | 0 | $478,000 |
| Lightning | 68 | 1 | 3 | $77,000 |
| Flood | 50 | 0 | 3 | $1.1 million |
| High Wind | 39 | 0 | 1 | $290,000 |
| Winter Weather | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 24 | 0 | 0 | $19,000 |
| Ice Storm | 14 | 1 | 0 | $44 million |
| Flash Flood | 14 | 0 | 1 | $1.5 million |
| Coastal Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | $115,000 |
| Winter Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $162,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 1 | 0 | 2 | $341,000 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2008
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, January 1, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, January 1, 2008
- Lightning Strikes in Massachusetts, January 11, 2008
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, January 13 to 14, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, January 14, 2008
- Coastal Flood and Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, January 27 to 28, 2008
February 2008
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, February 1, 2008
- Ice Storm and High Wind in Massachusetts, February 1, 2008
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, February 6 to 7, 2008
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, February 9 to 10, 2008
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, February 10, 2008
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, February 12 to 13, 2008
- Flooding and Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, February 12 to 14, 2008
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, February 17, 2008
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, February 18, 2008
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, February 22, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, February 22 to 23, 2008
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Massachusetts, February 26 to 27, 2008
March 2008
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, March 1, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, March 1, 2008
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, March 4 to 5, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, March 5, 2008
- Flooding and Coastal Flood in Massachusetts, March 8 to 9, 2008
- Flood in Massachusetts, March 8 to 9, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, March 8, 2008
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, March 21, 2008
April 2008
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Massachusetts, April 1, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, April 1, 2008
- Hail in Massachusetts, April 12, 2008
May 2008
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, May 12, 2008
- High Wind in Massachusetts, May 13, 2008
- Hail in Massachusetts, May 27, 2008
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, May 27, 2008
- Frost and Freeze in Massachusetts, May 29, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, May 31, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, May 31, 2008
June 2008
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, June 7, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 10, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 10, 2008
- Hail in Massachusetts, June 16, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 16, 2008
- Hail in Massachusetts, June 17, 2008
- Lightning Strikes in Massachusetts, June 20, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 22, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 22 to 23, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, June 23, 2008
- Flash Flood and Flood in Massachusetts, June 23 to 24, 2008
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Massachusetts, June 24, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 27, 2008
- Flood and Hail in Massachusetts, June 29, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 30, 2008
July 2008
- Flood and Hail in Massachusetts, July 1, 2008
- Flood and Hail in Massachusetts, July 2, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 3, 2008
- Lightning Strikes in Massachusetts, July 9, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 18, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 18, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 19, 2008
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Massachusetts, July 19, 2008
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Massachusetts, July 20, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Massachusetts, July 22, 2008
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Massachusetts, July 23, 2008
- Flash Flood in Massachusetts, July 24, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, July 24, 2008
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, July 27, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 27, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 27, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, July 28, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, July 31, 2008
August 2008
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, August 2, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 3, 2008
- Flash Flooding in Massachusetts, August 5, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 6, 2008
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Massachusetts, August 7, 2008
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, August 7, 2008
- Flood in Massachusetts, August 8, 2008
- Hail in Massachusetts, August 10, 2008
- Flooding and Hail in Massachusetts, August 10, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Massachusetts, August 11 to 12, 2008
- Flash Flood in Massachusetts, August 11, 2008
- Flood in Massachusetts, August 15, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 16, 2008
- Hail in Massachusetts, August 18, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 19, 2008
September 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, September 3, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, September 3, 2008
- Tropical Storm and Flooding in Massachusetts, September 6 to 7, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, September 9, 2008
- Flooding in Massachusetts, September 27, 2008
October 2008
- Flood and High Wind in Massachusetts, October 25 to 26, 2008
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, October 28, 2008
November 2008
- High Wind in Massachusetts, November 15, 2008
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in Massachusetts, November 25, 2008
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, November 30, 2008
December 2008
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, December 7, 2008
- Ice Storm and Flooding in Massachusetts, December 11 to 12, 2008
- Ice Storm in Massachusetts, December 11 to 12, 2008
- Flood in Massachusetts, December 12, 2008
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, December 17, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, December 19 to 21, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, December 19 to 20, 2008
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Massachusetts, December 20 to 22, 2008
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, December 21, 2008
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, December 24, 2008
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, December 24 to 25, 2008
- High Wind in Massachusetts, December 25, 2008
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, December 30, 2008
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, December 31, 2008
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Massachusetts, December 31, 2008
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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.