Massachusetts

Storms in Massachusetts in 2017

757 events in 81 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Massachusetts in 2017, 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 2017 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
757
Deaths
3
Injuries
14
Damage
$5.2 million
Episodes
81

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 Wind15300$167,000
Strong Wind11000$156,000
Flood10100$1.8 million
High Wind7311$464,000
Hail6700$66,000
Winter Storm6400$15,000
Winter Weather60111$862,000
Drought4300
Flash Flood2300$381,000
Lightning1800$13,000
Heavy Snow1700
Tropical Storm1400$337,000
Blizzard400$214,000
Cold/Wind Chill300
Tornado201$678,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Coastal Flood100$40,000
High Surf111
Funnel Cloud100

Every episode, month by month

January 2017

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March 2017

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May 2017

June 2017

July 2017

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September 2017

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November 2017

December 2017

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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.