Massachusetts

Storms in Massachusetts in 2011

503 events in 71 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Massachusetts in 2011, 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 2011 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
503
Deaths
5
Injuries
209
Damage
$313 million
Episodes
71

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 Wind12503$380,000
Hail10904$2.8 million
Winter Storm5700$6.6 million
Heavy Snow4500
Flood4000$305,000
High Wind3000$73,000
Tropical Storm2200$59 million
Winter Weather1902$63,000
Flash Flood1310$7.2 million
Lightning800
Excessive Heat800
Strong Wind600$15,000
Storm Surge/Tide600
Tornado53200$228 million
Coastal Flood500$8.5 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Heat200
Rip Current110

Every episode, month by month

January 2011

February 2011

March 2011

April 2011

May 2011

June 2011

July 2011

August 2011

September 2011

October 2011

November 2011

December 2011

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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.