Storm History: Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Wind | 183 | 1 | 0 | $510,000 |
| Flood | 94 | 1 | 0 | $3.0 million |
| Hail | 63 | 0 | 1 | $317,000 |
| Coastal Flood | 63 | 0 | 0 | $1.9 million |
| Tornado | 48 | 0 | 2 | $8.8 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 47 | 0 | 2 | $97,000 |
| Flash Flood | 47 | 0 | 1 | $2.7 million |
| Heavy Snow | 44 | 0 | 0 | $881,000 |
| Strong Wind | 33 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Winter Storm | 31 | 0 | 0 | $655,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 29 | 0 | 0 | $3.8 million |
| Blizzard | 23 | 1 | 0 | $6.3 million |
| Heavy Rain | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 11 | 0 | 0 | $285,000 |
| Lightning | 6 | 0 | 5 | $9,000 |
| Drought | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 2 | 0 | 0 | $65,000 |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Surf | 1 | 1 | 1 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, July 23, 2019
- Blizzard, February 8, 2013
- Tropical Storm, August 28, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 16, 2003
- Flood, December 9, 2005
- Coastal Flood, October 26, 2021
- Flood, October 29, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 1996
- Blizzard, January 26, 2015
- Coastal Flood, March 7, 2013
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- Tornado, June 23, 2015
- Storm Surge/Tide, January 22, 2005
- High Wind, January 18, 2006
- Hail, June 20, 2006
- Coastal Flood, November 2, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2005
- Hail, July 3, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2017
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, July 6, 1999
- Hail, August 16, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2009
- Hail, July 2, 2004
- Hail, August 22, 2020
- Hail, August 19, 2008
- Hail, May 24, 2004
- Hail, July 3, 1997
- Hail, July 18, 1997
- Hail, July 13, 1981
- Hail, June 9, 2011
- Hail, May 28, 1986
- Hail, May 8, 2024
Every episode, newest first
- Blizzard, February 22, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 25, 2026
- High Wind, December 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2025
- Strong Wind, May 31, 2025
- Coastal Flood, May 22, 2025
- High Wind, March 7, 2025
- High Wind, December 11, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 26, 2024
- Hail, May 8, 2024
- High Wind, April 4, 2024
- Coastal Flood, April 4, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2024
- Coastal Flood, January 13, 2024
- Flood, January 9, 2024
- Flood, December 18, 2023
- Tropical Storm, September 16, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 11, 2023
- Tornado, August 8, 2023
- Lightning, July 18, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2023
- High Wind, February 3, 2023
- Strong Wind, January 26, 2023
- Strong Wind, January 15, 2023
- Flood, December 23, 2022
- Flood, October 14, 2022
- High Wind, April 19, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 7, 2022
- High Wind, February 18, 2022
- Blizzard, January 28, 2022
- Coastal Flood, January 16, 2022
- High Wind, January 14, 2022
- High Wind, December 11, 2021
- High Wind, December 6, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 13, 2021
- Flood, November 12, 2021
- Coastal Flood, October 26, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 16, 2021
- Flood, September 9, 2021
- Tornado, September 2, 2021
- Tornado, August 22, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2021
- Tropical Storm, July 9, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2021
- Strong Wind, May 29, 2021
- High Wind, March 29, 2021
- High Wind, March 1, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- Flood, December 25, 2020
- Coastal Flood, December 16, 2020
- Heavy Snow, December 5, 2020
- High Wind, November 30, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 23, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2020
- High Wind, November 2, 2020
- Strong Wind, October 10, 2020
- Tornado, October 7, 2020
- High Wind, September 30, 2020
- Coastal Flood, September 22, 2020
- Hail, August 22, 2020
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- High Wind, May 9, 2020
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Coastal Flood, April 9, 2020
- Coastal Flood, April 3, 2020
- High Wind, March 6, 2020
- High Wind, February 27, 2020
- High Wind, February 7, 2020
- Strong Wind, January 16, 2020
- High Wind, January 12, 2020
- High Wind, January 8, 2020
- High Wind, December 19, 2019
- High Wind, November 24, 2019
- High Wind, November 1, 2019
- High Wind, October 31, 2019
- High Wind, October 16, 2019
- Coastal Flood, October 9, 2019
- Tropical Storm, September 6, 2019
- Flood, August 7, 2019
- Tornado, July 23, 2019
- Flood, July 22, 2019
- Flood, July 17, 2019
- Hail, June 22, 2019
- Flood, April 15, 2019
- High Wind, February 25, 2019
- High Wind, February 8, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2019
- High Wind, January 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2019
- Strong Wind, December 18, 2018
- Heavy Snow, November 15, 2018
- High Wind, November 13, 2018
- Flood, November 3, 2018
- Tornado, October 29, 2018
- Coastal Flood, October 27, 2018
- High Wind, October 15, 2018
- High Surf, September 29, 2018
- Flood, August 18, 2018
- Flood, August 9, 2018
- Flood, August 4, 2018
- Flood, April 16, 2018
- Blizzard, March 13, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2018
- High Wind, March 5, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2018
- Flood, January 23, 2018
- Flood, January 12, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2018
- High Wind, December 25, 2017
- Flood, October 29, 2017
- Flood, October 24, 2017
- Flash Flood, September 30, 2017
- Tropical Storm, September 20, 2017
- Flood, September 6, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2017
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2017
- Blizzard, March 14, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 10, 2017
- High Wind, March 2, 2017
- High Wind, February 13, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2017
- High Wind, January 23, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 7, 2017
- High Wind, December 27, 2016
- Strong Wind, December 18, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 17, 2016
- High Wind, December 15, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- High Wind, October 28, 2016
- High Wind, October 22, 2016
- High Wind, October 9, 2016
- Drought, October 1, 2016
- Tropical Storm, September 5, 2016
- Drought, September 1, 2016
- Drought, August 30, 2016
- Wildfire, July 22, 2016
- Flood, July 22, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2016
- High Wind, April 7, 2016
- Heavy Snow, April 4, 2016
- High Wind, April 3, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2016
- Blizzard, February 8, 2016
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2016
- Blizzard, January 23, 2016
- High Wind, January 13, 2016
- Flood, January 10, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 16, 2015
- Flood, August 11, 2015
- Hail, August 4, 2015
- Flood, July 1, 2015
- High Wind, June 28, 2015
- Tornado, June 23, 2015
- High Wind, March 17, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2015
- Blizzard, February 14, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 2, 2015
- Blizzard, January 26, 2015
- High Wind, January 9, 2015
- Debris Flow, December 9, 2014
- High Wind, December 7, 2014
- Flood, November 17, 2014
- Coastal Flood, November 2, 2014
- Hail, August 7, 2014
- Tropical Storm, July 3, 2014
- Hail, July 3, 2014
- Blizzard, March 26, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2014
- Blizzard, January 2, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 27, 2013
- Flash Flood, September 3, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 21, 2013
- Coastal Flood, March 7, 2013
- High Wind, February 17, 2013
- Blizzard, February 8, 2013
- High Wind, January 31, 2013
- Coastal Flood, December 26, 2012
- High Wind, November 7, 2012
- Flood, October 29, 2012
- Lightning, August 28, 2012
- Tornado, July 24, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2012
- Coastal Flood, June 4, 2012
- Coastal Flood, June 3, 2012
- Drought, May 1, 2012
- Drought, April 24, 2012
- High Wind, February 25, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2012
- High Wind, January 13, 2012
- Coastal Flood, October 29, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 8, 2011
- Tropical Storm, August 28, 2011
- Hail, August 2, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 22, 2011
- Hail, June 9, 2011
- Flood, April 13, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2011
- High Wind, December 26, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 20, 2010
- High Wind, November 4, 2010
- Tropical Storm, September 3, 2010
- Flood, August 23, 2010
- Excessive Heat, July 6, 2010
- Strong Wind, April 29, 2010
- Debris Flow, March 13, 2010
- Coastal Flood, February 25, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2010
- Flood, January 25, 2010
- Blizzard, December 19, 2009
- High Wind, October 24, 2009
- Coastal Flood, October 18, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 12, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2009
- Flood, July 1, 2009
- Coastal Flood, June 21, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2009
- High Wind, December 25, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 19, 2008
- High Wind, October 28, 2008
- Hail, August 19, 2008
- Hail, August 16, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2008
- Hail, April 12, 2008
- Flood, March 8, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 5, 2008
- Coastal Flood, January 27, 2008
- Lightning, January 11, 2008
- Coastal Flood, November 3, 2007
- Hail, August 17, 2007
- Hail, July 6, 2007
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 1, 2006
- Flood, November 23, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 17, 2006
- High Wind, October 29, 2006
- Flood, October 28, 2006
- Hail, July 18, 2006
- Hail, June 20, 2006
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.