Massachusetts

Storm History: Franklin County, Massachusetts

547 episodes, 1,164 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Franklin 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
1,164
Deaths
2
Injuries
40
Damage
$63 million
Episodes
547

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
Hail25813$1.5 million
Thunderstorm Wind20700$2.6 million
Heavy Snow13300$7.4 million
Flood12600$4.4 million
Flash Flood9802$12 million
High Wind9214$758,000
Tornado6005$1.5 million
Winter Storm5600$1.1 million
Winter Weather31022$36,000
Strong Wind1903$49,000
Blizzard1700$300
Coastal Flood1600$122,000
Drought1600
Tropical Storm900$25 million
Ice Storm800$6.3 million
Storm Surge/Tide700$60,000
Excessive Heat400
Heavy Rain300
Lightning201$20,000
Debris Flow100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100

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 Franklin County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Franklin CountyEvery warning in Franklin 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.