Massachusetts

Storms in Massachusetts in 2010

500 events in 79 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Massachusetts in 2010, 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 2010 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

Open the live radar over Massachusetts

The year

Events
500
Deaths
3
Injuries
41
Damage
$174 million
Episodes
79

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 Wind20402$983,000
Hail43010$3.0 million
High Wind4000$25,000
Flood38122$57 million
Strong Wind3504$410,000
Heavy Snow2800$143,000
Lightning2811$10,000
Winter Storm2400$675,000
Coastal Flood2000$3.2 million
Heat1800
Winter Weather600
Frost/Freeze500
Excessive Heat300
Flash Flood300$12 million
Funnel Cloud200
Debris Flow112$96 million
Storm Surge/Tide100
Tropical Storm100$20,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2010

February 2010

March 2010

April 2010

May 2010

June 2010

July 2010

August 2010

September 2010

October 2010

November 2010

December 2010

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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.