Storm History: Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Middlesex 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
- 1,940
- Deaths
- 8
- Injuries
- 95
- Damage
- $91 million
- Episodes
- 749
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flood | 381 | 0 | 1 | $18 million |
| Hail | 275 | 1 | 29 | $2.5 million |
| Flash Flood | 259 | 0 | 11 | $16 million |
| High Wind | 203 | 1 | 4 | $2.5 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 202 | 0 | 10 | $1.3 million |
| Heavy Snow | 185 | 0 | 0 | $4.5 million |
| Tornado | 109 | 1 | 17 | $6.4 million |
| Winter Storm | 79 | 0 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| Strong Wind | 57 | 1 | 7 | $304,000 |
| Blizzard | 41 | 0 | 0 | $95,000 |
| Coastal Flood | 30 | 0 | 0 | $199,000 |
| Drought | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 25 | 2 | 9 | $517,000 |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 12 | 0 | 0 | $75,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 11 | 0 | 0 | $4.4 million |
| Heavy Rain | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 8 | 1 | 0 | $6.2 million |
| Excessive Heat | 6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Lightning | 5 | 0 | 4 | $263,000 |
| Heat | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 5 | 0 | 0 | $26 million |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Debris Flow, March 13, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2010
- Flood, March 29, 2010
- Ice Storm, December 11, 2008
- Flood, May 13, 2006
- Tropical Storm, August 28, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 13, 1998
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 1996
- Tornado, July 21, 1972
- Heavy Snow, December 7, 1996
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2011
- Tornado, August 22, 2016
- Flood, July 12, 2017
- High Wind, February 17, 2006
- Tornado, June 17, 2001
- Tornado, September 2, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2012
- Flood, October 15, 2005
- Hail, July 21, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2010
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, July 6, 1999
- Hail, June 22, 1988
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2020
- Flood, August 4, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2012
- Flood, May 24, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2008
- Hail, July 2, 2004
- Hail, August 20, 2004
- Hail, August 22, 2020
- Hail, May 25, 2014
- Hail, June 24, 2010
- Flood, July 19, 2010
- Hail, July 8, 2009
- Flood, July 1, 2008
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2026
- Blizzard, February 22, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 25, 2026
- Heavy Snow, December 2, 2025
- Tornado, September 6, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 22, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 6, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2025
- High Wind, March 7, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2024
- Hail, July 17, 2024
- Tornado, June 26, 2024
- Hail, June 20, 2024
- High Wind, February 28, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 28, 2024
- Coastal Flood, January 13, 2024
- Flood, January 9, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2024
- Flood, December 18, 2023
- Strong Wind, December 11, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 11, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 10, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 8, 2023
- Tornado, August 18, 2023
- Tornado, August 8, 2023
- Tornado, July 29, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2023
- Tornado, July 16, 2023
- Flood, July 14, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2023
- Flood, June 26, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2023
- Flood, May 20, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 13, 2023
- Coastal Flood, March 3, 2023
- High Wind, February 3, 2023
- Flood, January 23, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2023
- Flood, December 23, 2022
- Heavy Snow, December 16, 2022
- Strong Wind, December 3, 2022
- High Wind, November 30, 2022
- Strong Wind, November 20, 2022
- Flash Flood, September 13, 2022
- Flash Flood, September 5, 2022
- Flood, August 26, 2022
- Flood, August 7, 2022
- Flood, August 5, 2022
- Hail, July 21, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2022
- High Wind, April 19, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 7, 2022
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2022
- Blizzard, January 28, 2022
- Coastal Flood, January 16, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2022
- High Wind, December 6, 2021
- Flood, November 12, 2021
- Coastal Flood, October 26, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 13, 2021
- Tornado, September 2, 2021
- Tornado, August 22, 2021
- Tornado, August 19, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2021
- Tropical Storm, July 9, 2021
- Flood, July 7, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2021
- Strong Wind, April 30, 2021
- Heavy Snow, April 16, 2021
- High Wind, March 29, 2021
- Strong Wind, March 26, 2021
- Strong Wind, March 14, 2021
- High Wind, March 12, 2021
- High Wind, March 1, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 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
- Heavy Snow, October 30, 2020
- Strong Wind, October 10, 2020
- Tornado, October 7, 2020
- High Wind, September 30, 2020
- Flood, September 10, 2020
- Flood, August 27, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2020
- Hail, August 22, 2020
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- Hail, July 30, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2020
- Flood, June 21, 2020
- Flood, June 6, 2020
- Hail, May 15, 2020
- High Wind, May 9, 2020
- Strong Wind, April 26, 2020
- Strong Wind, April 22, 2020
- Heavy Snow, April 18, 2020
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Coastal Flood, April 9, 2020
- Coastal Flood, April 3, 2020
- Heavy Snow, March 23, 2020
- High Wind, March 13, 2020
- Strong Wind, March 4, 2020
- High Wind, February 27, 2020
- High Wind, February 7, 2020
- Heavy Snow, January 18, 2020
- High Wind, January 12, 2020
- High Wind, January 8, 2020
- Ice Storm, December 30, 2019
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2019
- High Wind, October 16, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 4, 2019
- Flood, September 2, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2019
- Flood, August 7, 2019
- Flood, July 31, 2019
- Flood, July 17, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2019
- Hail, June 30, 2019
- Flood, June 29, 2019
- Hail, June 22, 2019
- Strong Wind, April 19, 2019
- Flood, April 15, 2019
- High Wind, April 3, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2019
- High Wind, February 25, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2019
- High Wind, February 8, 2019
- High Wind, January 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2019
- High Wind, January 1, 2019
- Strong Wind, December 28, 2018
- Flood, December 21, 2018
- Strong Wind, December 18, 2018
- Heavy Snow, November 15, 2018
- Flood, November 10, 2018
- Flood, November 3, 2018
- Tornado, October 29, 2018
- Coastal Flood, October 27, 2018
- Tornado, October 23, 2018
- Strong Wind, October 17, 2018
- High Wind, October 15, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 6, 2018
- Flood, August 17, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2018
- Flood, August 7, 2018
- Tornado, July 26, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2018
- Flood, June 25, 2018
- Flood, June 16, 2018
- Flood, May 15, 2018
- Strong Wind, May 4, 2018
- Flood, April 16, 2018
- Blizzard, March 13, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2018
- Flood, January 12, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2018
- High Wind, December 25, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 22, 2017
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2017
- High Wind, December 1, 2017
- Strong Wind, November 10, 2017
- Flood, October 29, 2017
- Strong Wind, October 26, 2017
- Flood, October 24, 2017
- Tropical Storm, September 20, 2017
- Flood, September 6, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2017
- Flood, July 18, 2017
- Flood, July 12, 2017
- Flood, June 27, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2017
- Hail, June 13, 2017
- Strong Wind, June 6, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 18, 2017
- Strong Wind, May 2, 2017
- Strong Wind, April 16, 2017
- Flood, April 6, 2017
- Drought, April 1, 2017
- High Wind, March 22, 2017
- Blizzard, March 14, 2017
- High Wind, March 2, 2017
- Drought, March 1, 2017
- High Wind, February 13, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2017
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2017
- Drought, February 1, 2017
- High Wind, January 23, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 7, 2017
- Drought, January 1, 2017
- Heavy Snow, December 29, 2016
- Strong Wind, December 18, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 17, 2016
- High Wind, December 15, 2016
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Strong Wind, November 11, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- High Wind, October 22, 2016
- Flash Flood, October 21, 2016
- High Wind, October 9, 2016
- Drought, October 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 11, 2016
- Tropical Storm, September 5, 2016
- Drought, September 1, 2016
- Tornado, August 22, 2016
- Drought, August 1, 2016
- Drought, July 26, 2016
- Flood, July 23, 2016
- Flood, July 22, 2016
- Drought, July 5, 2016
- Strong Wind, May 16, 2016
- Strong Wind, May 15, 2016
- Heavy Snow, April 4, 2016
- High Wind, April 3, 2016
- High Wind, March 31, 2016
- Heavy Snow, March 21, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 17, 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
- Strong Wind, January 19, 2016
- Flood, January 10, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2015
- Strong Wind, December 15, 2015
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Middlesex CountyEvery warning in Middlesex 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.