Storms in Massachusetts in 2023
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Massachusetts in 2023, 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 2023 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
- 475
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- $3.2 million
- Episodes
- 59
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 152 | 0 | 0 | $78,000 |
| Flash Flood | 102 | 0 | 1 | $959,000 |
| Flood | 72 | 1 | 0 | $1.7 million |
| Heavy Snow | 36 | 0 | 0 | $106,000 |
| Strong Wind | 22 | 0 | 0 | $26,000 |
| High Wind | 21 | 1 | 1 | $61,000 |
| Lightning | 19 | 0 | 0 | $11,000 |
| Hail | 11 | 0 | 1 | $100,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 10 | 0 | 0 | $12,000 |
| Tornado | 8 | 0 | 0 | $97,000 |
| Coastal Flood | 7 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Winter Weather | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2023
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, January 13, 2023
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, January 15, 2023
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, January 20, 2023
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Massachusetts, January 22 to 23, 2023
- Flood and Coastal Flood in Massachusetts, January 23, 2023
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, January 25 to 26, 2023
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, January 26, 2023
February 2023
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, February 3, 2023
- Extreme Cold and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, February 3 to 4, 2023
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, February 23, 2023
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, February 27 to 28, 2023
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, February 27 to 28, 2023
March 2023
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, March 3 to 4, 2023
- Coastal Flood and Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, March 3 to 4, 2023
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, March 13 to 15, 2023
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, March 13 to 15, 2023
April 2023
- Damaging Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, April 1, 2023
- Flood in Massachusetts, April 15, 2023
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, April 22, 2023
May 2023
- Frost and Freeze in Massachusetts, May 15, 2023
- Frost and Freeze in Massachusetts, May 18, 2023
- Flood in Massachusetts, May 20, 2023
June 2023
- Flash Flood and Hail in Massachusetts, June 2, 2023
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, June 2, 2023
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Massachusetts, June 6, 2023
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, June 9, 2023
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 14, 2023
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 26, 2023
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, June 27, 2023
July 2023
- Flash Flooding in Massachusetts, July 4, 2023
- Flash Flood in Massachusetts, July 8, 2023
- Flooding in Massachusetts, July 10, 2023
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Massachusetts, July 10, 2023
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, July 12, 2023
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 13, 2023
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 13, 2023
- Flooding and Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, July 14, 2023
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Massachusetts, July 16, 2023
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, July 18, 2023
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Massachusetts, July 21, 2023
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, July 24, 2023
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 25, 2023
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 27, 2023
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, July 27, 2023
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Massachusetts, July 29, 2023
August 2023
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Massachusetts, August 8, 2023
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, August 13, 2023
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Massachusetts, August 18, 2023
September 2023
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, September 7 to 8, 2023
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, September 7, 2023
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Massachusetts, September 8, 2023
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Massachusetts, September 9, 2023
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Massachusetts, September 10, 2023
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Massachusetts, September 11, 2023
- Tornado in Massachusetts, September 13, 2023
- Tropical Storm in Massachusetts, September 16, 2023
December 2023
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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.