Storm History: Hampden County, Massachusetts
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hampden 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
- 1,367
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 211
- Damage
- $259 million
- Episodes
- 643
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 336 | 0 | 4 | $6.9 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 195 | 0 | 1 | $576,000 |
| Flood | 183 | 0 | 2 | $4.3 million |
| Flash Flood | 149 | 0 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| Heavy Snow | 113 | 0 | 0 | $5.0 million |
| High Wind | 109 | 2 | 2 | $722,000 |
| Tornado | 75 | 3 | 201 | $228 million |
| Winter Storm | 54 | 0 | 0 | $333,000 |
| Winter Weather | 25 | 0 | 0 | $240,000 |
| Blizzard | 20 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Coastal Flood | 18 | 0 | 0 | $8.0 million |
| Drought | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 16 | 0 | 0 | $83,000 |
| Ice Storm | 11 | 0 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| Tropical Storm | 11 | 0 | 0 | $1.8 million |
| Excessive Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 7 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 6 | 0 | 1 | $42,000 |
| Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, June 1, 2011
- Coastal Flood, October 29, 2011
- Hail, August 4, 2013
- Heavy Snow, December 7, 1996
- Flood, October 15, 2005
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 1996
- Hail, July 26, 2011
- Tropical Storm, August 28, 2011
- Ice Storm, December 11, 2008
- Flood, October 8, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2019
- Ice Storm, November 16, 2002
- Tornado, June 1, 1956
- Hail, August 2, 2006
- Tornado, August 11, 1966
- Hail, May 4, 2010
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2015
- Flood, August 27, 1996
- Flood, February 24, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2011
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, July 26, 2011
- Hail, June 24, 1985
- Hail, June 22, 1988
- Flash Flood, August 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2020
- Hail, August 19, 2019
- Flood, May 24, 2009
- Hail, June 16, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2008
- Hail, August 3, 2005
- Hail, July 2, 2004
- Hail, April 26, 2019
- Hail, June 8, 2011
- Hail, August 1, 2011
- Hail, May 26, 2010
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2026
- Blizzard, February 22, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 25, 2026
- Heavy Snow, December 2, 2025
- Tornado, September 6, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 6, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2025
- High Wind, March 7, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2024
- Strong Wind, August 9, 2024
- Hail, July 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2024
- Flood, June 21, 2024
- Hail, June 20, 2024
- Flood, June 14, 2024
- Hail, May 8, 2024
- High Wind, February 28, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2024
- Flash Flood, September 11, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 8, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 7, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2023
- Flood, June 26, 2023
- Flood, April 15, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 13, 2023
- Coastal Flood, March 3, 2023
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2023
- High Wind, February 3, 2023
- Flood, December 23, 2022
- Heavy Snow, December 16, 2022
- Flood, August 7, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 7, 2022
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2022
- High Wind, February 18, 2022
- Blizzard, January 28, 2022
- Coastal Flood, January 16, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 13, 2021
- Flood, November 12, 2021
- Tornado, September 2, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2021
- Tornado, August 22, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2021
- Hail, April 21, 2021
- Heavy Snow, April 16, 2021
- High Wind, March 29, 2021
- Strong Wind, March 14, 2021
- High Wind, March 1, 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 15, 2020
- High Wind, November 2, 2020
- Strong Wind, November 1, 2020
- Heavy Snow, October 30, 2020
- Tornado, October 7, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2020
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- Tornado, August 2, 2020
- Hail, July 14, 2020
- Flood, July 13, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2020
- Flood, June 29, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2020
- Flood, June 6, 2020
- Hail, May 15, 2020
- Hail, May 11, 2020
- High Wind, May 9, 2020
- Heavy Snow, April 18, 2020
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Coastal Flood, April 9, 2020
- Strong Wind, March 4, 2020
- High Wind, February 27, 2020
- High Wind, February 7, 2020
- High Wind, January 12, 2020
- High Wind, January 8, 2020
- Ice Storm, December 30, 2019
- High Wind, December 19, 2019
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2019
- High Wind, November 1, 2019
- High Wind, October 31, 2019
- High Wind, October 16, 2019
- Hail, August 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2019
- Flood, August 7, 2019
- Hail, August 3, 2019
- Flood, July 31, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2019
- Hail, April 26, 2019
- Flood, April 15, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2019
- High Wind, February 25, 2019
- High Wind, February 8, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2019
- Flood, December 21, 2018
- Coastal Flood, November 26, 2018
- Heavy Snow, November 15, 2018
- Flood, November 3, 2018
- Coastal Flood, October 27, 2018
- Flood, September 25, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 6, 2018
- Flood, August 18, 2018
- Flood, August 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2018
- Lightning, July 3, 2018
- Flood, June 28, 2018
- Flood, June 16, 2018
- Flood, May 15, 2018
- Blizzard, March 13, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2018
- Flood, January 12, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2018
- High Wind, December 25, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 22, 2017
- Winter Storm, December 12, 2017
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2017
- High Wind, November 19, 2017
- Flood, October 29, 2017
- Flood, October 24, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2017
- Flood, July 18, 2017
- Flood, July 12, 2017
- Flood, June 27, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2017
- Hail, May 31, 2017
- Strong Wind, May 2, 2017
- Strong Wind, April 16, 2017
- Drought, April 1, 2017
- Blizzard, March 14, 2017
- Drought, March 1, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2017
- Drought, February 1, 2017
- Drought, January 1, 2017
- Heavy Snow, December 29, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 17, 2016
- High Wind, December 15, 2016
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- High Wind, October 22, 2016
- Drought, October 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 11, 2016
- Drought, September 1, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2016
- Flood, August 12, 2016
- Flood, August 6, 2016
- Flood, August 2, 2016
- Drought, August 1, 2016
- Flood, July 23, 2016
- Flood, July 22, 2016
- Flood, July 14, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2016
- Flood, June 7, 2016
- High Wind, April 7, 2016
- Heavy Snow, April 4, 2016
- High Wind, April 3, 2016
- Heavy Snow, March 21, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 17, 2016
- Wildfire, March 8, 2016
- Flood, February 24, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2016
- Blizzard, February 8, 2016
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2016
- Blizzard, January 23, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2015
- Flood, October 28, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 9, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2015
- Hail, July 26, 2015
- Flood, July 1, 2015
- Tornado, June 23, 2015
- Flood, June 9, 2015
- High Wind, April 4, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 21, 2015
- Blizzard, February 14, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 2, 2015
- Blizzard, January 26, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2015
- Heavy Snow, November 26, 2014
- Coastal Flood, November 2, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 8, 2014
- Lightning, August 27, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2014
- Hail, August 7, 2014
- Tornado, July 28, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2014
- Hail, July 3, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2014
- Lightning, January 11, 2014
- Blizzard, January 2, 2014
- Coastal Flood, December 14, 2013
- High Wind, November 24, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 11, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2013
- Hail, August 4, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2013
- Flood, June 24, 2013
- Hail, June 17, 2013
- Flood, June 2, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 18, 2013
- Coastal Flood, March 7, 2013
- Blizzard, February 8, 2013
- High Wind, January 31, 2013
- Heavy Snow, December 29, 2012
- Coastal Flood, December 26, 2012
- High Wind, November 7, 2012
- Flood, October 29, 2012
- Flood, September 18, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2012
- Flood, August 15, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2012
- Flood, August 5, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2012
- Flood, June 25, 2012
- Hail, May 29, 2012
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Hampden CountyEvery warning in Hampden 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.