Massachusetts

Storm History: Bristol County, Massachusetts

557 episodes, 1,151 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Bristol 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
1,151
Deaths
3
Injuries
16
Damage
$60 million
Episodes
557

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 Wind20302$1.4 million
Flood19003$27 million
Flash Flood17700$3.9 million
Hail10401$234,000
Heavy Snow9700$3.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind8611$201,000
Strong Wind4700$71,000
Tornado4507$2.9 million
Winter Storm4500$1.3 million
Coastal Flood4200$2.1 million
Blizzard2710$430,000
Winter Weather1601$20,000
Drought1400
Tropical Storm1301$5.7 million
Heavy Rain1100
Storm Surge/Tide900$70,000
Lightning800$59,000
Excessive Heat700
Heat200
Ice Storm200$5,000
Debris Flow200$12 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Funnel Cloud100
Rip Current110

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.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Bristol County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Bristol CountyEvery warning in Bristol 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.