Massachusetts

Storms in Massachusetts in 2018

672 events in 90 episodes

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

Open the live radar over Massachusetts

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Strong Wind11301$273,000
Thunderstorm Wind11300$46,000
Flood10100$999,000
Winter Storm7712$1.9 million
Flash Flood6700$332,000
High Wind6400$64,000
Coastal Flood3000$99,000
Winter Weather2100$254,000
Lightning2101$7,000
Heavy Snow1800$1,000
Excessive Heat1000
Tornado701$5.1 million
Blizzard600$484,000
Heat600
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Cold/Wind Chill500
Hail500
Funnel Cloud100
Heavy Rain100
High Surf111

Every episode, month by month

January 2018

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March 2018

April 2018

May 2018

June 2018

July 2018

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September 2018

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November 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.