Storm History: Suffolk County, Massachusetts
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Wind | 104 | 0 | 2 | $757,000 |
| Flood | 95 | 1 | 2 | $22 million |
| Flash Flood | 70 | 0 | 2 | $12 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 67 | 0 | 16 | $492,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 53 | 0 | 1 | $9.6 million |
| Hail | 44 | 1 | 7 | $7.1 million |
| Coastal Flood | 35 | 0 | 0 | $711,000 |
| Winter Storm | 31 | 0 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| Strong Wind | 23 | 0 | 0 | $115,000 |
| Tornado | 22 | 0 | 6 | $4.0 million |
| Blizzard | 22 | 4 | 13 | $46,000 |
| Heat | 14 | 2 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 13 | 0 | 0 | $480,000 |
| Drought | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 8 | 0 | 1 | $195,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 7 | 0 | 0 | $3.5 million |
| Heavy Rain | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 3 | 0 | 0 | $11 million |
| Ice Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Surf | 1 | 1 | 2 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, March 5, 2001
- Debris Flow, March 13, 2010
- Flash Flood, October 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 1996
- Flood, October 29, 2012
- Hail, June 27, 2008
- Tornado, July 28, 2014
- Tropical Storm, August 28, 2011
- Heavy Snow, April 1, 1997
- Hail, August 3, 2001
- Flash Flood, June 13, 1998
- Coastal Flood, October 26, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2011
- Storm Surge/Tide, January 3, 2003
- Hail, May 7, 2011
- Flash Flood, October 22, 2014
- Hail, June 17, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2017
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, June 22, 1988
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2020
- Flood, August 4, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2012
- Hail, July 2, 2004
- Hail, June 24, 2010
- Hail, July 18, 2000
- Flood, June 29, 2019
- Flood, May 15, 2018
- Flood, June 5, 2010
- Hail, July 10, 2001
- Hail, July 24, 1999
- Hail, June 6, 1966
- Flood, June 27, 2017
- Flood, July 12, 2017
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Blizzard, February 22, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 25, 2026
- High Wind, December 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2025
- Coastal Flood, May 22, 2025
- High Wind, March 7, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 20, 2024
- Tornado, June 26, 2024
- Flood, June 14, 2024
- Coastal Flood, April 4, 2024
- Coastal Flood, March 10, 2024
- High Wind, February 28, 2024
- Coastal Flood, January 13, 2024
- Flood, January 9, 2024
- Flood, December 18, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 9, 2023
- Tornado, August 18, 2023
- Tornado, July 29, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2023
- Tornado, July 16, 2023
- High Wind, February 3, 2023
- Flood, January 23, 2023
- Flood, December 23, 2022
- High Wind, November 30, 2022
- Strong Wind, November 20, 2022
- Flood, August 7, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 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
- High Wind, January 14, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2022
- High Wind, December 6, 2021
- Coastal Flood, October 26, 2021
- Tornado, September 2, 2021
- Tornado, August 22, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2021
- Coastal Flood, July 23, 2021
- Tropical Storm, July 9, 2021
- Flood, July 7, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2021
- High Wind, March 29, 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
- Heavy Snow, October 30, 2020
- Tornado, October 7, 2020
- High Wind, September 30, 2020
- Coastal Flood, September 22, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2020
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2020
- Hail, May 15, 2020
- High Wind, May 9, 2020
- Strong Wind, April 22, 2020
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Coastal Flood, April 9, 2020
- Coastal Flood, April 3, 2020
- High Wind, March 6, 2020
- High Wind, February 7, 2020
- High Wind, January 12, 2020
- Coastal Flood, October 28, 2019
- High Wind, October 16, 2019
- Flood, August 7, 2019
- Flood, July 31, 2019
- Flood, July 17, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2019
- Flood, June 29, 2019
- Flood, April 15, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2019
- High Wind, February 25, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2019
- High Wind, February 8, 2019
- High Wind, January 24, 2019
- Coastal Flood, January 20, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2019
- Flood, December 21, 2018
- Coastal Flood, November 25, 2018
- Heavy Snow, November 15, 2018
- Flood, November 3, 2018
- Coastal Flood, October 27, 2018
- Strong Wind, October 17, 2018
- High Wind, October 15, 2018
- Flood, September 25, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2018
- Excessive Heat, July 3, 2018
- Flood, June 25, 2018
- Flood, May 15, 2018
- Strong Wind, May 4, 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 Storm, January 30, 2018
- Flood, January 12, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2018
- High Wind, December 25, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 22, 2017
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2017
- High Wind, November 19, 2017
- Flood, October 29, 2017
- Strong Wind, October 26, 2017
- Flood, October 24, 2017
- Flash Flood, September 30, 2017
- Tropical Storm, September 20, 2017
- Flood, September 14, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2017
- Flood, July 18, 2017
- Flood, July 12, 2017
- Flood, June 27, 2017
- Hail, June 13, 2017
- Blizzard, March 14, 2017
- High Wind, March 2, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2017
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2017
- High Wind, January 23, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 7, 2017
- Drought, January 1, 2017
- High Wind, December 27, 2016
- Strong Wind, December 18, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 17, 2016
- High Wind, December 15, 2016
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- High Wind, November 20, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- High Wind, October 22, 2016
- Flash Flood, October 21, 2016
- Drought, October 1, 2016
- Drought, September 1, 2016
- Drought, August 1, 2016
- Drought, July 26, 2016
- Flood, July 23, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2016
- Flood, June 29, 2016
- High Wind, April 7, 2016
- Heavy Snow, April 4, 2016
- High Wind, March 31, 2016
- Heavy Snow, March 21, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 17, 2016
- High Wind, March 1, 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
- Flood, January 10, 2016
- Flood, October 28, 2015
- Flood, August 4, 2015
- High Wind, April 4, 2015
- High Wind, March 17, 2015
- Blizzard, February 14, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 2, 2015
- Blizzard, January 26, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2015
- High Wind, January 5, 2015
- Coastal Flood, November 2, 2014
- Flash Flood, October 22, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2014
- Tornado, July 28, 2014
- Hail, July 3, 2014
- High Wind, April 24, 2014
- High Wind, April 15, 2014
- Blizzard, March 26, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2014
- Blizzard, January 2, 2014
- Heavy Snow, December 17, 2013
- Coastal Flood, December 14, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 27, 2013
- High Wind, November 24, 2013
- High Wind, November 1, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 7, 2013
- Tornado, September 1, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2013
- Hail, June 17, 2013
- Flood, June 7, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 18, 2013
- Coastal Flood, March 7, 2013
- High Wind, February 17, 2013
- Blizzard, February 8, 2013
- High Wind, January 31, 2013
- Coastal Flood, December 26, 2012
- High Wind, December 21, 2012
- Flood, October 29, 2012
- Flood, September 18, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2012
- Flood, June 8, 2012
- Coastal Flood, June 4, 2012
- Coastal Flood, June 3, 2012
- Drought, May 1, 2012
- High Wind, April 23, 2012
- Drought, April 12, 2012
- High Wind, February 25, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2012
- High Wind, December 27, 2011
- Coastal Flood, November 23, 2011
- Coastal Flood, October 29, 2011
- Tropical Storm, August 28, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2011
- Hail, August 19, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 22, 2011
- Tornado, June 1, 2011
- Hail, May 7, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2011
- Coastal Flood, December 27, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2010
- Flood, December 12, 2010
- Strong Wind, October 15, 2010
- Strong Wind, October 1, 2010
- Flood, August 23, 2010
- Flood, August 5, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2010
- Excessive Heat, July 6, 2010
- Hail, June 24, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2010
- Flood, June 5, 2010
- Hail, June 3, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2010
- Hail, May 8, 2010
- Strong Wind, April 29, 2010
- Debris Flow, March 13, 2010
- Coastal Flood, February 25, 2010
- Coastal Flood, January 2, 2010
- Blizzard, December 19, 2009
- High Wind, November 28, 2009
- Strong Wind, October 31, 2009
- Coastal Flood, October 18, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2009
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.