Massachusetts

Storm History: Suffolk County, Massachusetts

474 episodes, 643 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Suffolk 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
643
Deaths
10
Injuries
52
Damage
$72 million
Episodes
474

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 Wind10402$757,000
Flood9512$22 million
Flash Flood7002$12 million
Thunderstorm Wind67016$492,000
Heavy Snow5301$9.6 million
Hail4417$7.1 million
Coastal Flood3500$711,000
Winter Storm3100$1.1 million
Strong Wind2300$115,000
Tornado2206$4.0 million
Blizzard22413$46,000
Heat1420
Storm Surge/Tide1300$480,000
Drought1100
Winter Weather801$195,000
Excessive Heat800
Tropical Storm700$3.5 million
Heavy Rain400
Cold/Wind Chill400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill310
Debris Flow300$11 million
Ice Storm100
High Surf112

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 Suffolk County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Suffolk CountyEvery warning in Suffolk 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.