Massachusetts

Storms in Massachusetts in 2015

605 events in 72 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Massachusetts in 2015, 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 2015 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
605
Deaths
3
Injuries
3
Damage
$5.5 million
Episodes
72

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 Wind16500$180,000
Heavy Snow9111
Hail7700$541,000
Winter Weather7601$220,000
Flood4900$1.1 million
Strong Wind4600$3,000
High Wind3400$627,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1900
Coastal Flood1300
Blizzard1121$2.5 million
Cold/Wind Chill1100
Lightning900
Tornado200$294,000
Funnel Cloud100
Flash Flood100$71,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2015

February 2015

March 2015

April 2015

May 2015

June 2015

July 2015

August 2015

September 2015

October 2015

December 2015

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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.