Coastal low pressure intensified as it lifted north through Maine. This brought strong northwest winds, primarily across eastern and central Massachusetts, during the evening of the 26th.
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The episode as NWS BOX wrote it up.
Coastal low pressure intensified as it lifted north through Maine. This brought strong northwest winds, primarily across eastern and central Massachusetts, during the evening of the 26th. Several large trees were brought down by this wind.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 26, 5:44 PM EST, 35 minutes earlier.
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7 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was brought down on Chestnut Street in Westborough.
A tree was down and blocking Wachusett Street in Princeton.
A large tree was down and blocking Lang Street in Lakeville.
At 817 PM EST, a 9-inch diameter tree was brought down on Powder Hill Road in Acton. At 831 PM EST, a tree was brought down on West Street in Natick. At 850 PM EST, multiple trees and wires were brought down on School House Lane in Billerica; at 856 PM EST a large tree was brought down in Bolton on Still River Road near Bolton Orchards; at 9 PM EST a tree was brought down on a building on Treble Cove Road in Billerica. At 932 PM EST, a tree was down on and partly blocking State Route 125 in Wilmington.
At 855 PM EST, a tree was down in Newbury, south of Newburyport, blocking Newman Road between the parking lot and the marsh. At 950 PM EST, a tree was down on Evans Road in Peabody. At 10 PM EST, a tree was down in Ipswich on U.S. Route 1 near Hickory Lane.
At 905 PM EST, a large tree was down and blocking Greenwood Road at Ledge Road in Andover. At 916 PM EST, a tree was down in North Andover on Farnum Street at Johnson Street. At 933 PM EST, a tree was down and partly blocking Bear Hill Road near the wildlife area in Groveland. At 944 PM EST, a tree was brought down in Topsfield at Pye Brook Park.
At 942 PM EST, a tree was down in Winthrop on Walden Street.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Massachusetts in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in Massachusetts, October 2017
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 722566, 722567, 722568, 722569, 722571, 722570, 722572.