Massachusetts
14 counties9 tornadoes rated F3/EF3+51 county disaster declarations
Massachusetts has recorded 200 tornadoes since 1950, 36th among the states; 61 tropical storms and hurricanes within 50 miles since 1851; 3,842 acres burned by large wildfires since 1984.
2025
- Tornadoes rated F2/EF2+ since 1950
- Tropical cyclone tracks since 1851
Statewide totals
Unique events: a tornado that crossed three counties counts once.
- Tornadoes since 1950
- 200
- 36th of 51
- Rated F3/EF3 or stronger
- 9
- 31st of 51
- Tropical cyclones within 50 mi
- 61
- 10th of 51
- At hurricane strength
- 20
- 10th of 51
- Acres burned since 1984
- 3,842
- 4 large fires
- Flood insurance claims
- 35,063
- $439 million paid
County leaders
Where in Massachusetts each hazard has struck most.
Most tornadoes
Most tropical cyclones within 50 mi
Most acres burned
- 1Berkshire County2,536
- 2Worcester County760
- 3Dukes County545
Most flood claims
- 1Plymouth County10,959
- 2Essex County5,456
- 3Suffolk County4,369
- 4Middlesex County3,752
- 5Norfolk County3,262
Notable events
The strongest tornadoes, hurricanes and fires in Massachusetts’s record. Each opens its own page.
Tornadoes
- F4 1953, Worcester94 killed
- F4 1973, Berkshire4 killed
- F4 1995, Berkshire3 killed
Hurricanes and tropical storms
- Gerda 1969Cat. 3
- Unnamed 1869Cat. 3
- Edna 1954Cat. 2
- Carol 1954Cat. 2
- Unnamed 1869Cat. 2
- Unnamed 1944Cat. 2
- Unnamed 1938Cat. 2
- Bob 1991Cat. 2
- Unnamed 1924Cat. 1
- Unnamed 1885Cat. 1
Every county
Sort by any column. Each county opens its full record.
| Barnstable County | 8 | 30 |
| Berkshire County | 19 | 19 |
| Bristol County | 14 | 32 |
| Dukes County | 2 | 31 |
| Essex County | 14 | 26 |
| Franklin County | 26 | 28 |
| Hampden County | 20 | 29 |
| Hampshire County | 10 | 29 |
| Middlesex County | 21 | 31 |
| Nantucket County | 0 | 30 |
| Norfolk County | 15 | 29 |
| Plymouth County | 11 | 31 |
| Suffolk County | 1 | 25 |
| Worcester County | 54 | 32 |
Cities
Places of 10,000 people or more with their own records.
- Boston
- Worcester
- Springfield
- Cambridge
- Lowell
- Brockton
- Lynn
- Quincy
- New Bedford
- Fall River
- Newton
- Lawrence
- Somerville
- Framingham
- Haverhill
- Malden
- Waltham
- Taunton
- Revere
- Medford
- Weymouth Town
- Peabody
- Chicopee
- Methuen
- Everett
- Barnstable Town
- Attleboro
- Salem
- Leominster
- Woburn
- Beverly
- Pittsfield
- Marlborough
- Fitchburg
- Amherst Town
- Westfield
- Chelsea
- Braintree Town
- Holyoke
- Watertown
- Randolph Town
- Franklin Town
- North Attleborough Town
- Northampton
- Gloucester
- Melrose
- Bridgewater Town
- West Springfield Town
- Agawam Town
- Gardner
- Newburyport
- Winthrop Town
- Southbridge Town
- Greenfield
- Amesbury
- Easthampton
- North Adams
- Palmer Town