Massachusetts

Storm History: Hampden County, Massachusetts

643 episodes, 1,367 events since 1956

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.

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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
Hail33604$6.9 million
Thunderstorm Wind19501$576,000
Flood18302$4.3 million
Flash Flood14900$1.4 million
Heavy Snow11300$5.0 million
High Wind10922$722,000
Tornado753201$228 million
Winter Storm5400$333,000
Winter Weather2500$240,000
Blizzard2000$10,000
Coastal Flood1800$8.0 million
Drought1800
Strong Wind1600$83,000
Ice Storm1100$1.3 million
Tropical Storm1100$1.8 million
Excessive Heat700
Storm Surge/Tide700$10,000
Heavy Rain600
Lightning601$42,000
Heat300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Wildfire200

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 Hampden County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.