Massachusetts

Storm History: Plymouth County, Massachusetts

591 episodes, 1,402 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Plymouth 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
1,402
Deaths
7
Injuries
93
Damage
$69 million
Episodes
591

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
High Wind29422$1.8 million
Flood18811$12 million
Heavy Snow15300$7.0 million
Hail143119$897,000
Flash Flood9001$748,000
Coastal Flood8801$6.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind83063$5.1 million
Strong Wind6901$103,000
Winter Storm6810$1.6 million
Blizzard5301$12 million
Tornado4912$932,000
Storm Surge/Tide2401$545,000
Drought2300
Winter Weather2100$25,000
Heavy Rain1700
Tropical Storm1600$4.1 million
Lightning711$30,000
Excessive Heat600
Debris Flow600$16 million
Heat300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100

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 Plymouth County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Plymouth CountyEvery warning in Plymouth 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.