Storms in Massachusetts in 2018
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Massachusetts in 2018, 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 2018 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
The year
- Events
- 672
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 6
- Damage
- $9.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Wind | 113 | 0 | 1 | $273,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 113 | 0 | 0 | $46,000 |
| Flood | 101 | 0 | 0 | $999,000 |
| Winter Storm | 77 | 1 | 2 | $1.9 million |
| Flash Flood | 67 | 0 | 0 | $332,000 |
| High Wind | 64 | 0 | 0 | $64,000 |
| Coastal Flood | 30 | 0 | 0 | $99,000 |
| Winter Weather | 21 | 0 | 0 | $254,000 |
| Lightning | 21 | 0 | 1 | $7,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 18 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 7 | 0 | 1 | $5.1 million |
| Blizzard | 6 | 0 | 0 | $484,000 |
| Heat | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Surf | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2018
- Extreme Cold in Massachusetts, January 1 to 2, 2018
- Winter Storm and Coastal Flood in Massachusetts, January 4, 2018
- Extreme Cold and Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, January 4 to 7, 2018
- Extreme Cold and Cold in Massachusetts, January 6 to 7, 2018
- Flooding and High Wind in Massachusetts, January 12 to 14, 2018
- Flash Flooding in Massachusetts, January 12, 2018
- Flood in Massachusetts, January 13 to 31, 2018
- Cold in Massachusetts, January 13 to 14, 2018
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, January 16 to 17, 2018
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, January 16 to 17, 2018
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, January 23, 2018
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, January 23, 2018
- Winter Storm and Coastal Flood in Massachusetts, January 30, 2018
February 2018
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, February 7, 2018
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, February 7, 2018
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, February 17 to 18, 2018
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, February 17 to 18, 2018
March 2018
- Winter Storm and Coastal Flood in Massachusetts, March 2 to 4, 2018
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, March 2, 2018
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, March 5, 2018
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, March 7 to 8, 2018
- Winter Storm and Coastal Flood in Massachusetts, March 7 to 8, 2018
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Massachusetts, March 13 to 14, 2018
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, March 13, 2018
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, March 14 to 15, 2018
April 2018
- High Wind in Massachusetts, April 4 to 5, 2018
- High Wind in Massachusetts, April 16, 2018
- Flooding and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, April 16, 2018
May 2018
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, May 4, 2018
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, May 4 to 5, 2018
- Hail in Massachusetts, May 15, 2018
- Flooding and Hail in Massachusetts, May 15, 2018
June 2018
- Flood and Hail in Massachusetts, June 16 to 18, 2018
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 18, 2018
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 25, 2018
- Flooding in Massachusetts, June 28, 2018
July 2018
- Excessive Heat in Massachusetts, July 1, 2018
- Excessive Heat in Massachusetts, July 1 to 4, 2018
- Excessive Heat in Massachusetts, July 3, 2018
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, July 3, 2018
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, July 5, 2018
- Flood and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, July 6, 2018
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 17, 2018
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Massachusetts, July 26, 2018
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 27, 2018
August 2018
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 2 to 3, 2018
- Tornado in Massachusetts, August 4, 2018
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 4 to 22, 2018
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, August 7, 2018
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 7 to 8, 2018
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 8, 2018
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 9, 2018
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Massachusetts, August 11 to 12, 2018
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 14, 2018
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 17, 2018
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Massachusetts, August 17, 2018
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 18, 2018
- Heat in Massachusetts, August 28 to 29, 2018
- Excessive Heat in Massachusetts, August 28, 2018
September 2018
- Heat in Massachusetts, September 3 to 6, 2018
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, September 6, 2018
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, September 6, 2018
- Flood in Massachusetts, September 12, 2018
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, September 18, 2018
- Flooding and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, September 25 to 27, 2018
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, September 26, 2018
- High Surf in Massachusetts, September 29, 2018
October 2018
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, October 11, 2018
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, October 15 to 16, 2018
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, October 17, 2018
- Tornadoes and Hail in Massachusetts, October 23, 2018
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, October 27 to 28, 2018
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in Massachusetts, October 27, 2018
- Tornado and Flooding in Massachusetts, October 29, 2018
November 2018
- Flooding and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, November 3, 2018
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, November 3, 2018
- Flooding and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, November 10, 2018
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, November 10, 2018
- High Wind in Massachusetts, November 13, 2018
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Massachusetts, November 15 to 16, 2018
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, November 15 to 16, 2018
- Cold in Massachusetts, November 22, 2018
- Coastal Flood in Massachusetts, November 25, 2018
- Coastal Flood and Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, November 26 to 27, 2018
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, November 26 to 28, 2018
December 2018
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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.