Storm History: Nantucket County, Massachusetts
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Nantucket 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
- 298
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $1.6 million
- Episodes
- 232
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Wind | 88 | 0 | 0 | $143,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 37 | 0 | 0 | $400,000 |
| Coastal Flood | 29 | 0 | 0 | $61,000 |
| Flood | 29 | 0 | 0 | $370,000 |
| Winter Storm | 23 | 0 | 0 | $105,000 |
| Blizzard | 22 | 0 | 0 | $206,000 |
| Strong Wind | 20 | 0 | 0 | $190 |
| Tropical Storm | 10 | 0 | 0 | $165,000 |
| Flash Flood | 7 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 6 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 6 | 0 | 0 | $125,000 |
| Winter Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | $11,000 |
| Hail | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Surf | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tornado | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 1996
- Flood, December 9, 2005
- Flood, October 29, 2012
- Blizzard, February 8, 2013
- Storm Surge/Tide, January 22, 2005
- Winter Storm, March 8, 2005
- Tropical Storm, September 20, 2017
- High Wind, November 13, 2003
- Blizzard, January 26, 2015
- Tropical Storm, September 5, 2016
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Tropical Storm, August 28, 2011
- Blizzard, March 26, 2014
- Storm Surge/Tide, February 12, 2006
- Coastal Flood, March 7, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 6, 2003
- High Wind, December 1, 2004
- High Wind, December 16, 2005
- High Wind, January 18, 2006
- Tropical Storm, September 3, 2010
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
Every episode, newest first
- Blizzard, February 22, 2026
- Coastal Flood, April 4, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2024
- Flood, December 18, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2023
- Coastal Flood, March 3, 2023
- High Wind, February 3, 2023
- Flood, December 23, 2022
- High Wind, April 19, 2022
- High Wind, February 18, 2022
- Blizzard, January 28, 2022
- High Wind, January 14, 2022
- Flood, November 12, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 5, 2020
- Tornado, October 7, 2020
- Flood, June 29, 2020
- Flood, May 23, 2020
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Coastal Flood, April 3, 2020
- High Wind, March 6, 2020
- High Wind, February 7, 2020
- High Wind, December 14, 2019
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2019
- High Wind, November 1, 2019
- High Wind, October 16, 2019
- Coastal Flood, October 9, 2019
- Tropical Storm, September 6, 2019
- Flood, August 7, 2019
- High Wind, January 24, 2019
- Heavy Snow, November 15, 2018
- Coastal Flood, October 27, 2018
- Blizzard, March 13, 2018
- High Wind, March 5, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2018
- High Wind, December 25, 2017
- Flood, October 29, 2017
- Tropical Storm, September 20, 2017
- High Surf, August 16, 2017
- Lightning, April 28, 2017
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2017
- High Wind, March 19, 2017
- Blizzard, March 14, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 10, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 7, 2017
- High Wind, December 27, 2016
- Strong Wind, December 18, 2016
- High Wind, December 15, 2016
- High Wind, October 9, 2016
- Tropical Storm, September 5, 2016
- Flood, July 5, 2016
- High Wind, April 7, 2016
- High Wind, April 3, 2016
- Lightning, March 25, 2016
- High Wind, March 5, 2016
- Blizzard, February 8, 2016
- Blizzard, January 23, 2016
- Flood, January 10, 2016
- High Wind, June 28, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2015
- Blizzard, February 14, 2015
- Blizzard, January 26, 2015
- High Wind, January 9, 2015
- Debris Flow, December 9, 2014
- High Wind, December 7, 2014
- Heavy Snow, November 26, 2014
- Flood, November 17, 2014
- Coastal Flood, November 2, 2014
- Tropical Storm, July 3, 2014
- Blizzard, March 26, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 29, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2014
- Blizzard, January 2, 2014
- Heavy Snow, March 21, 2013
- Coastal Flood, March 7, 2013
- High Wind, February 17, 2013
- Blizzard, February 8, 2013
- Coastal Flood, December 26, 2012
- High Wind, November 7, 2012
- Flood, October 29, 2012
- Drought, May 1, 2012
- Drought, April 24, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2012
- High Wind, January 13, 2012
- Coastal Flood, October 29, 2011
- Tropical Storm, August 28, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2011
- High Wind, February 5, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2011
- High Wind, December 26, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 20, 2010
- High Wind, September 16, 2010
- Tropical Storm, September 3, 2010
- High Wind, January 28, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 18, 2010
- Blizzard, December 19, 2009
- High Wind, November 28, 2009
- Coastal Flood, October 18, 2009
- Tropical Storm, August 22, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 7, 2009
- Heavy Snow, December 31, 2008
- High Wind, December 25, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 20, 2008
- High Wind, November 15, 2008
- High Wind, October 28, 2008
- High Wind, May 13, 2008
- Flood, March 8, 2008
- Ice Storm, February 1, 2008
- Coastal Flood, January 27, 2008
- High Wind, December 23, 2007
- Coastal Flood, November 3, 2007
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2007
- Flood, June 7, 2006
- Storm Surge/Tide, February 12, 2006
- Coastal Flood, January 31, 2006
- High Wind, January 18, 2006
- Winter Storm, January 15, 2006
- High Wind, December 16, 2005
- Flood, December 9, 2005
- High Wind, November 10, 2005
- Flood, October 25, 2005
- Storm Surge/Tide, May 7, 2005
- Winter Storm, March 8, 2005
- Heavy Snow, February 24, 2005
- Storm Surge/Tide, January 22, 2005
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2004
- High Wind, December 1, 2004
- Heavy Snow, March 19, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2004
- Storm Surge/Tide, December 5, 2003
- High Wind, November 13, 2003
- High Wind, June 1, 2003
- Heavy Rain, March 29, 2003
- Winter Storm, March 6, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2003
- Heavy Snow, February 10, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2003
- Winter Storm, December 25, 2002
- Heavy Snow, December 5, 2002
- High Wind, March 10, 2002
- Flash Flood, March 30, 2001
- Flood, March 5, 2001
- High Wind, February 17, 2001
- Strong Wind, February 11, 2001
- High Wind, February 10, 2001
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2001
- Strong Wind, December 30, 2000
- Excessive Heat, December 17, 2000
- High Wind, December 12, 2000
- Strong Wind, October 28, 2000
- Flood, June 6, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 9, 2000
- High Wind, April 8, 2000
- Strong Wind, April 4, 2000
- Strong Wind, March 28, 2000
- Heavy Rain, March 17, 2000
- High Wind, February 14, 2000
- Strong Wind, January 21, 2000
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2000
- Strong Wind, January 16, 2000
- Strong Wind, January 12, 2000
- Strong Wind, January 10, 2000
- Strong Wind, December 30, 1999
- High Wind, December 10, 1999
- High Wind, December 1, 1999
- Strong Wind, November 30, 1999
- Winter Weather, November 30, 1999
- High Wind, October 18, 1999
- Strong Wind, October 14, 1999
- Flash Flood, March 22, 1999
- Heavy Snow, March 15, 1999
- High Wind, March 3, 1999
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 1999
- High Wind, February 2, 1999
- Flash Flood, January 24, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 18, 1999
- Strong Wind, January 15, 1999
- High Wind, January 3, 1999
- High Wind, December 30, 1998
- High Wind, December 22, 1998
- High Wind, December 1, 1998
- Strong Wind, November 26, 1998
- High Wind, November 11, 1998
- Funnel Cloud, September 9, 1998
- Flood, May 9, 1998
- High Wind, April 23, 1998
- High Wind, April 9, 1998
- Strong Wind, March 26, 1998
- Heavy Snow, March 21, 1998
- Flash Flood, March 8, 1998
- Flash Flood, February 23, 1998
- Flash Flood, February 18, 1998
- Strong Wind, February 4, 1998
- Coastal Flood, January 28, 1998
- High Wind, December 29, 1997
- High Wind, December 14, 1997
- High Wind, December 2, 1997
- High Wind, November 27, 1997
- High Wind, November 1, 1997
- Strong Wind, October 20, 1997
- Strong Wind, August 21, 1997
- High Wind, July 25, 1997
- Coastal Flood, April 19, 1997
- Heavy Snow, April 1, 1997
- Heavy Snow, March 31, 1997
- High Wind, March 26, 1997
- High Wind, March 6, 1997
- Strong Wind, February 18, 1997
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 1997
- Heavy Snow, January 17, 1997
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 1997
- Heat, December 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow, December 7, 1996
- Heavy Snow, December 6, 1996
- Heavy Rain, October 8, 1996
- High Wind, October 8, 1996
- Heavy Rain, September 18, 1996
- Heavy Rain, September 2, 1996
- High Wind, September 2, 1996
- High Wind, July 13, 1996
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 1996
- Heavy Snow, February 2, 1996
- High Wind, January 27, 1996
- High Wind, January 19, 1996
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 1996
- Hail, April 6, 1982
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 1, 1958
More
Tornadoes in Nantucket CountyEvery warning in Nantucket 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.