Storms in Massachusetts in 2016

889 events in 90 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Massachusetts in 2016, 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 2016 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: 889
Deaths: 4
Injuries: 4
Damage: $7.0 million
Episodes: 90

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 event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Thunderstorm Wind	337	0	2	$1.1 million
Strong Wind	123	0	0	$65,000
Drought	118	0	0
Winter Weather	94	0	0	$38,000
High Wind	57	2	1	$611,000
Heavy Snow	46	2	0	$542,000
Flood	26	0	1	$2.8 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	18	0	0
Lightning	13	0	0	$1,000
Flash Flood	13	0	0	$347,000
Hail	12	0	0	$45,000
Coastal Flood	11	0	0
Blizzard	8	0	0	$174,000
Winter Storm	7	0	0
Wildfire	2	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	2	0	0
Tornado	1	0	0	$1.1 million
Tropical Storm	1	0	0	$269,000

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.