Massachusetts

Storms in Massachusetts in 2020

850 events in 82 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Massachusetts in 2020, 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 2020 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
850
Deaths
1
Injuries
14
Damage
$32 million
Episodes
82

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 Wind32511$150,000
Strong Wind18700$47,000
High Wind10003$354,000
Flood6701$261,000
Hail4500$603,000
Heavy Snow4200$59,000
Winter Weather2400$2,000
Tropical Storm2003$173,000
Coastal Flood1200$44,000
Flash Flood1200$30 million
Lightning701$5,000
Heat400
Tornado305$207,000
Funnel Cloud100
Debris Flow100$2,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2020

February 2020

March 2020

April 2020

May 2020

June 2020

July 2020

August 2020

September 2020

October 2020

November 2020

December 2020

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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.