Massachusetts

Storms in Massachusetts in 2008

749 events in 109 episodes

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

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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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind254015$2.5 million
Hail15419$6.5 million
Heavy Snow9500$478,000
Lightning6813$77,000
Flood5003$1.1 million
High Wind3901$290,000
Winter Weather2700
Strong Wind2400$19,000
Ice Storm1410$44 million
Flash Flood1401$1.5 million
Coastal Flood300$115,000
Winter Storm200
Tropical Storm200$162,000
Heavy Rain100
Frost/Freeze100
Tornado102$341,000

Every episode, month by month

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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.