Massachusetts

Storms in Massachusetts in 2012

453 events in 65 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Massachusetts in 2012, 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 2012 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
453
Deaths
0
Injuries
10
Damage
$26 million
Episodes
65

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 Wind8103$204,000
High Wind6300$472,000
Hail6300$179,000
Winter Weather5802$5,000
Drought3200
Flood3100$22 million
Coastal Flood2901$621,000
Heavy Snow2200$8,000
Strong Wind1800$6,000
Lightning1802
Winter Storm1700
Flash Flood1701$2.7 million
Wildfire301
Tornado100$28,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2012

February 2012

March 2012

April 2012

May 2012

June 2012

July 2012

August 2012

September 2012

October 2012

November 2012

December 2012

More

Every year in MassachusettsEvery state in 2012Tornadoes in Massachusetts in 2012Warnings in Massachusetts in 201220112013

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.