Massachusetts

Storms in Massachusetts in 2021

585 events in 84 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Massachusetts in 2021, 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 2021 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
585
Deaths
1
Injuries
4
Damage
$9.4 million
Episodes
84

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 Wind25300$845,000
Strong Wind8014$50,000
Flood5200$113,000
High Wind4300$181,000
Flash Flood3200$277,000
Heavy Snow2800$17,000
Hail2500$107,000
Winter Weather1700$5,000
Tropical Storm1300$2,000
Winter Storm1100$207,000
Lightning700$6,000
Coastal Flood600$6.8 million
Heat600
Tornado600$739,000
Cold/Wind Chill300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Wildfire100

Every episode, month by month

January 2021

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March 2021

April 2021

May 2021

June 2021

July 2021

August 2021

September 2021

October 2021

November 2021

December 2021

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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.