High Wind in Massachusetts

Events

1,592

Deaths

7

Injuries

23

Damage

$34 million

• Blizzard and Coastal Flood in Massachusetts, February 8 to 10, 20133 deaths · $22 million · 60 kt wind · 48 eventsAn historic winter storm deposited tremendous amounts of snow over all of southern New England, mainly from the mid-afternoon on Friday, February 8 and lasting into the daylight hours of Saturday, February 9.
• Blizzard and Coastal Flood in Massachusetts, March 26, 20142 deaths · 13 injured · $143,000 · 52 kt wind · 14 eventsA large ocean storm intensified very quickly off the east coast of the United States. This storm brought extremely strong winds (gusting to over 80 mph) and heavy snow to the Cape and Islands.
• Blizzard and Coastal Flood in Massachusetts, January 26 to 28, 20152 deaths · 1 injured · $2.5 million · 68 kt wind · 38 eventsAn historic winter storm brought heavy snow to southern New England with blizzard conditions to much of Rhode Island and eastern Massachusetts, beginning during the day on Monday, January 26 and lasting into the early morning hours of Tuesday, January 27.
• Debris Flow and Flooding in Massachusetts, March 13 to 21, 20101 death · 2 injured · $96 million · 60 kt wind · 21 eventsA stacked low pressure system (surface low and upper level low on top of each other) moved southeast of Nantucket, spreading rain across Southern New England. This resulted in widespread rainfall totals of three to six inches.
• Ice Storm and Flooding in Massachusetts, December 11 to 12, 20081 death · $44 million · 58 kt wind · 14 eventsA cold frontal boundary dropped south of New England on the evening of the 10th. Low pressure developed along the frontal boundary across the southeastern states late on the night of the 10th into the 11th.
• High Wind and Winter Weather in Massachusetts, April 3, 20162 deaths · $15,000 · 58 kt wind · 15 eventsAn intensifying clipper low pressure system passed north of southern New England, bringing an arctic cold front through the area. This resulted in snow across much of the region and strong, damaging winds near the coast.
• High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, February 17, 20061 death · 3 injured · $1.9 million · 68 kt wind · 18 eventsA strong cold front swept across southern New England from late Friday morning through the afternoon hours of 17 February 2006, producing high winds across most of Massachusetts.
• High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, January 18, 20061 death · $1.6 million · 85 kt wind · 41 eventsAn intensifying low pressure system moved across the Great Lakes and into Quebec, producing strong damaging winds across Massachusetts on 18 January 2006. These strong winds were accompanied with heavy rain showers.
• Winter Storm and Coastal Flood in Massachusetts, March 2 to 4, 20181 death · 2 injured · $449,000 · 84 kt wind · 25 eventsLow pressure moving out of the Ohio Valley passed south of Southern New England on the 2nd and moved out to sea on the 3rd.
• High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, October 16 to 17, 2019$93,000 · 78 kt wind · 251 eventsA powerful coastal storm developed along the NJ coast then moved|northeast across southern New England Wednesday night into Thursday. |This will brought periods of very heavy rain and strong to damaging |winds to the region.
• High Wind in Massachusetts, October 20, 20061 death · 1 injured · $215,000 · 50 kt wind · 6 eventsDamaging winds affected portions of western and central Massachusetts behind a strong cold front, as colder air surged into southern New England.
• High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, March 2, 20171 death · 1 injured · $65,000 · 52 kt wind · 15 eventsLow pressure moving up the St Lawrence Valley swept a cold front through Massachusetts early the morning of March 2. Behind the cold front, strong west-northwest winds brought colder air to the state.
• High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, February 3, 20231 death · 1 injured · $61,000 · 56 kt wind · 15 eventsA major Arctic cold front blasted through southern New England on the morning of March 3rd. It was followed by a few rounds of strong and locally damaging wind gusts. Temperatures plunged to 10 to 20 below zero on the morning of March 4th.
• High Wind in Massachusetts, October 29, 20061 death · $101,000 · 53 kt wind · 11 eventsCold air surging into southern New England in the wake of a departing storm brought damaging winds to much of the Bay State.
• Flooding and Coastal Flood in Massachusetts, October 29 to 30, 2012$21 million · 69 kt wind · 32 eventsSandy, a hybrid storm with both tropical and extra-tropical characteristics, brought high winds and coastal flooding to southern New England.
• Flooding and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, February 24 to 25, 2016$1.0 million · 72 kt wind · 94 eventsLow pressure tracked north through New York bringing a warm front through southern New England. Unseasonably deep moisture accompanied this front.
• Flooding and Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, March 5 to 6, 2001$15 million · 50 kt wind · 29 eventsA major winter storm impacted the Bay State with near blizzard conditions, high winds, and coastal flooding.
• Heavy Snow and High Wind in Massachusetts, December 7 to 8, 1996$15 million · 55 kt wind · 23 eventsA low pressure system centered over Georgia at 7 AM on December 7th moved rapidly northeast across North Carolina.
• Flood and Coastal Flood in Massachusetts, December 18, 20231 death · $10,000 · 78 kt wind · 15 eventsA strong storm system moved up the Atlantic coast Sunday night into Monday, merging with a short wave trough exiting the northern Great Plains and taking the surface low west of southern New England.
• Flooding and Coastal Flood in Massachusetts, April 15 to 21, 20071 injured · $2.8 million · 63 kt wind · 46 eventsAn unusually strong and slow moving coastal storm for mid April tracked to western Long Island Sound on April 16th before weakening slowly and drifting offshore.
• Coastal Flood and Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, October 29 to 30, 2011$8.5 million · 59 kt wind · 24 eventsA rare and historic October Nor'easter brought very heavy snow to portions of southern New England on Saturday October 29. Low pressure tracked northeast from the North Carolina coast Saturday morning, rapidly strengthening as it passed well south of Nantucket Saturday evening.
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Massachusetts, March 30 to 31, 2001$8.0 million · 50 kt wind · 18 eventsA storm system brought heavy snow to portions of interior Massachusetts, heavy rain and strong winds closer to the coast, and renewed flooding on some rivers and streams in eastern Massachusetts.Snowfall accumulations were confined to the higher terrain of western, central, and…
• Coastal Flood and High Wind in Massachusetts, October 26 to 27, 2021$6.8 million · 82 kt wind · 17 eventsA low pressure nor'easter underwent bombogenesis as it developed east of Nantucket on the 26th. It then moved west toward Nantucket Sound, before heading eastward again back out to sea on the 27th. Winds gusted to 60-90+ mph.
• Coastal Flood and Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, March 7 to 9, 2013$2.0 million · 55 kt wind · 35 eventsThis storm brought heavy snow and significant coastal flooding to the forecast area. This was an unusual synoptic set-up, with low pressure lingering off the coast of southern New England for several days.
• Flood and High Wind in Massachusetts, December 9, 2005$2.5 million · 65 kt wind · 22 eventsA low pressure system centered near the Delaware coast intensified rapidly as it tracked quickly northeast across southern New England, producing near-blizzard conditions across Massachusetts around mid afternoon.

High Wind everywhereEvery kind of event in Massachusetts

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.