Tornadoes · United States · Massachusetts
1959 tornadoes in Massachusetts
No tornado was recorded in Massachusetts in 1959. The state averages 3.3 a year over the 59 years it has any in the record.
What Massachusetts usually sees
The record has 192 tornadoes in Massachusetts since 1950, 105 deaths. Every year in Massachusetts.
Nearby
Every tornado in Massachusetts since 1950Warnings in force in MassachusettsThe live radar over Massachusetts
What this means
Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.
Sources
NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.