Massachusetts

Storm History: Barnstable County, Massachusetts

433 episodes, 755 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Barnstable County, Massachusetts: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
755
Deaths
4
Injuries
12
Damage
$29 million
Episodes
433

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
High Wind18310$510,000
Flood9410$3.0 million
Hail6301$317,000
Coastal Flood6300$1.9 million
Tornado4802$8.8 million
Thunderstorm Wind4702$97,000
Flash Flood4701$2.7 million
Heavy Snow4400$881,000
Strong Wind3300$30,000
Winter Storm3100$655,000
Tropical Storm2900$3.8 million
Blizzard2310$6.3 million
Heavy Rain1200
Storm Surge/Tide1100$285,000
Lightning605$9,000
Drought600
Winter Weather500
Excessive Heat300
Debris Flow200$65,000
Heat100
Funnel Cloud100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Wildfire100
High Surf111

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Barnstable CountyEvery warning in Barnstable County since 1986Every county in Massachusetts

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.