Storm History: Dukes County, Massachusetts
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Dukes 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
- 270
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $12 million
- Episodes
- 215
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 | 59 | 0 | 0 | $85,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 34 | 0 | 0 | $802,000 |
| Flood | 29 | 0 | 0 | $10 million |
| Coastal Flood | 25 | 0 | 0 | $51,000 |
| Winter Storm | 19 | 0 | 0 | $67,000 |
| Blizzard | 18 | 0 | 0 | $35,000 |
| Strong Wind | 16 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Flash Flood | 15 | 0 | 0 | $54,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 14 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 |
| Hail | 8 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 6 | 0 | 0 | $120,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 4 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | $295,000 |
| Drought | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Waterspout | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rip Current | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 1 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, October 29, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 1996
- Tropical Storm, August 28, 2011
- Storm Surge/Tide, January 22, 2005
- Flash Flood, February 23, 1998
- High Wind, November 13, 2003
- Winter Storm, March 6, 2003
- Flood, December 9, 2005
- Blizzard, January 23, 2016
- Coastal Flood, October 26, 2021
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2005
- Tropical Storm, September 5, 2016
- High Wind, December 1, 2004
- Flood, October 25, 2005
- Storm Surge/Tide, February 12, 2006
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Coastal Flood, April 19, 1997
- Flood, April 6, 2017
- Debris Flow, March 13, 2010
- Flood, October 29, 2017
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 episode, newest first
- Blizzard, February 22, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 25, 2026
- Strong Wind, May 31, 2025
- Coastal Flood, May 22, 2025
- High Wind, December 11, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 26, 2024
- Coastal Flood, April 4, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2024
- Flood, December 18, 2023
- Coastal Flood, March 3, 2023
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2022
- Flood, December 23, 2022
- High Wind, February 18, 2022
- Blizzard, January 28, 2022
- Coastal Flood, January 16, 2022
- High Wind, January 14, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 13, 2021
- Coastal Flood, October 26, 2021
- Tornado, August 22, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 5, 2020
- Heavy Snow, October 30, 2020
- Flood, May 23, 2020
- High Wind, May 9, 2020
- Coastal Flood, April 3, 2020
- High Wind, March 6, 2020
- High Wind, February 7, 2020
- High Wind, October 16, 2019
- Coastal Flood, October 9, 2019
- Tropical Storm, September 6, 2019
- Tornado, July 23, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2019
- High Wind, January 24, 2019
- High Wind, November 13, 2018
- Coastal Flood, October 27, 2018
- Blizzard, March 13, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2018
- Flood, January 23, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2018
- High Wind, December 25, 2017
- Flood, October 29, 2017
- Tropical Storm, September 20, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2017
- Flood, April 6, 2017
- Blizzard, March 14, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 10, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 7, 2017
- High Wind, December 27, 2016
- High Wind, October 22, 2016
- High Wind, October 9, 2016
- Drought, October 1, 2016
- Drought, September 13, 2016
- Tropical Storm, September 5, 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
- Flood, July 1, 2015
- High Wind, June 28, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2015
- Blizzard, February 14, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 2, 2015
- Blizzard, January 26, 2015
- High Wind, January 9, 2015
- Flood, November 17, 2014
- Blizzard, March 26, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2014
- Blizzard, January 2, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 27, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 21, 2013
- Coastal Flood, March 7, 2013
- Blizzard, February 8, 2013
- Coastal Flood, December 26, 2012
- High Wind, November 7, 2012
- Flood, October 29, 2012
- Coastal Flood, June 4, 2012
- Drought, May 1, 2012
- Drought, April 24, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2012
- Coastal Flood, October 29, 2011
- Tropical Storm, August 28, 2011
- Hail, August 2, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2011
- Hail, June 8, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2011
- High Wind, December 26, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 20, 2010
- Excessive Heat, July 6, 2010
- Debris Flow, March 13, 2010
- Blizzard, December 19, 2009
- Coastal Flood, October 18, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2009
- Heavy Snow, December 19, 2008
- Hail, July 27, 2008
- Flood, March 8, 2008
- Coastal Flood, January 27, 2008
- Coastal Flood, November 3, 2007
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 1, 2006
- Rip Current, August 15, 2006
- Hail, July 18, 2006
- Storm Surge/Tide, February 12, 2006
- High Wind, January 18, 2006
- Flood, December 9, 2005
- Flood, October 25, 2005
- Storm Surge/Tide, May 7, 2005
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2005
- Heavy Snow, February 24, 2005
- Storm Surge/Tide, January 22, 2005
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2004
- High Wind, December 1, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2004
- Storm Surge/Tide, December 5, 2003
- High Wind, November 13, 2003
- Heavy Rain, March 29, 2003
- Winter Storm, March 6, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2003
- Heavy Snow, December 5, 2002
- Flood, March 5, 2001
- High Wind, February 17, 2001
- High Wind, February 10, 2001
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2001
- Strong Wind, December 30, 2000
- Excessive Heat, December 17, 2000
- High Wind, December 12, 2000
- Hail, August 10, 2000
- Flood, June 6, 2000
- Hail, May 10, 2000
- High Wind, April 8, 2000
- Strong Wind, March 28, 2000
- Heavy Rain, March 17, 2000
- Strong Wind, January 21, 2000
- Strong Wind, January 16, 2000
- Strong Wind, January 10, 2000
- High Wind, December 10, 1999
- Winter Weather, November 30, 1999
- High Wind, November 2, 1999
- High Wind, October 18, 1999
- Strong Wind, October 14, 1999
- Waterspout, October 6, 1999
- Strong Wind, September 30, 1999
- Flash Flood, September 16, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 1999
- Flash Flood, March 22, 1999
- Heavy Snow, March 15, 1999
- High Wind, March 3, 1999
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 1999
- High Wind, February 2, 1999
- Flash Flood, January 24, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 18, 1999
- Strong Wind, January 15, 1999
- High Wind, January 3, 1999
- High Wind, December 30, 1998
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 1998
- High Wind, December 22, 1998
- High Wind, December 1, 1998
- Strong Wind, November 26, 1998
- High Wind, November 11, 1998
- Flood, May 9, 1998
- High Wind, April 23, 1998
- High Wind, April 9, 1998
- Strong Wind, March 26, 1998
- Heavy Snow, March 21, 1998
- Flash Flood, March 8, 1998
- Flash Flood, February 23, 1998
- Flash Flood, February 18, 1998
- Strong Wind, February 4, 1998
- Coastal Flood, January 28, 1998
- High Wind, December 29, 1997
- High Wind, December 14, 1997
- High Wind, December 2, 1997
- High Wind, November 27, 1997
- High Wind, November 1, 1997
- Strong Wind, October 20, 1997
- Strong Wind, August 21, 1997
- Hail, August 6, 1997
- High Wind, July 25, 1997
- Coastal Flood, April 19, 1997
- Heavy Snow, April 1, 1997
- Heavy Snow, March 31, 1997
- High Wind, March 26, 1997
- High Wind, March 6, 1997
- Strong Wind, February 18, 1997
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 1997
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 1997
- Heat, December 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow, December 7, 1996
- Heavy Snow, December 6, 1996
- Heavy Rain, October 8, 1996
- High Wind, October 8, 1996
- Heavy Rain, September 18, 1996
- Heavy Rain, September 2, 1996
- High Wind, September 2, 1996
- Waterspout, July 13, 1996
- High Wind, July 13, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 1996
- Heavy Snow, March 2, 1996
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 1996
- Heavy Snow, February 2, 1996
- High Wind, January 27, 1996
- High Wind, January 19, 1996
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 1986
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 1981
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 1973
- Tornado, December 18, 1951
More
Tornadoes in Dukes CountyEvery warning in Dukes 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.