Massachusetts, 2023Strong Wind in Massachusetts, January 15, 2023
January 15, 2023 · NWS BOX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
With low pressure off the coast, there was a strong NNE low-level jet over southeastern Massachusetts. Winds gusted to 45 to 55 mph during the early morning hours, which caused some scattered wind damage in southeast Massachusetts.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
With low pressure off the coast, there was a strong NNE low-level jet over southeastern Massachusetts. Winds gusted to 45 to 55 mph during the early morning hours, which caused some scattered wind damage in southeast Massachusetts.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 14, 6:34 PM EST, 8 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 6:34 PM EST, 8 hours 18 minutes before
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</html>Strong Wind, Eastern Plymouth
- When
- January 15, 2:52 AM EST to 8:27 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Plymouth forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 42.079, -70.960 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winds gusted to around 50 mph. At the Hull Yacht Club, a Weatherflow station recorded a gust to 48 mph at 827 AM EST. In Duxbury at 252 AM EST, a tree was down on wires on Tobey Garden Street. In Cohasset at 646 AM EST, a tree was down on Norman Todd Road at Beechwood Street. In Scituate at 855 AM EST, trees were down on Rachels Way. All downed tree reports were per law enforcement, but relayed by amateur radio.
Strong Wind, Barnstable
- When
- January 15, 6:05 AM EST to 10:21 AM EST
- Where
- Barnstable forecast zone
- Measured
- 47 kt (54 mph) measured gust
- Property damage
- $6,000
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 41.684, -70.274 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winds gusted to between 45 and 55 mph. In Hyannis, the ASOS at KYHA Airport recorded a gust to 49 mph at 605 AM EST. In Dennis, a CWOP station recorded a gust to 54 mph at 629 AM EST. In Brewster at 855 AM EST, trees were down near Jonathan's Way and Main Street, causing some roof damage. In Dennis at 1021 AM EST, a tree was down on Beach Street at New Boston Road. All downed tree reports were per law enforcement, but relayed by amateur radio.
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- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1068846, 1068845.