Hurricanes and tropical storms in Massachusetts
61 tropical storms and hurricanes have passed within 50 miles of Massachusetts since 1851, 20 of them at hurricane strength.
- 61tropical cyclones within 50 miles since 1851
- 20at hurricane strength
- 2as major hurricanes
- 5since 2000
2025
- Hurricanes and tropical storms on record, by year
Over time
The strongest storms
| Gerda | 1969 | Category 3, Nantucket |
| Unnamed | 1869 | Category 3, Dukes |
| Edna | 1954 | Category 2, Barnstable |
| Carol | 1954 | Category 2, Norfolk |
| Unnamed | 1869 | Category 2, Barnstable |
| Unnamed | 1944 | Category 2, Berkshire |
| Unnamed | 1938 | Category 2, Hampden |
| Bob | 1991 | Category 2, Dukes |
| Unnamed | 1924 | Category 1, Dukes |
| Unnamed | 1885 | Category 1, Nantucket |
| Unnamed | 1867 | Category 1, Nantucket |
| Gloria | 1985 | Category 1, Hampden |
| Donna | 1960 | Category 1, Berkshire |
| Unnamed | 1936 | Category 1, Nantucket |
| Unnamed | 1879 | Category 1, Hampden |
| Alma | 1962 | Category 1, Dukes |
| Unnamed | 1888 | Category 1, Barnstable |
| Unnamed | 1858 | Category 1, Dukes |
| Unnamed | 1896 | Category 1, Dukes |
| Unnamed | 1893 | Category 1, Berkshire |
| Unnamed | 1894 | Tropical storm, Berkshire |
| Bertha | 1996 | Tropical storm, Worcester |
| Unnamed | 1916 | Tropical storm, Dukes |
| Unnamed | 1874 | Tropical storm, Worcester |
| Unnamed | 1871 | Tropical storm, Nantucket |
| Unnamed | 1961 | Tropical storm, Essex |
| Unnamed | 1917 | Tropical storm, Nantucket |
| Unnamed | 1882 | Tropical storm, Bristol |
| Unnamed | 1861 | Tropical storm, Berkshire |
| Unnamed | 1875 | Tropical storm, Nantucket |
Every county
Counties with any recorded events, highest first.
| Bristol County | 32 |
| Worcester County | 32 |
| Middlesex County | 31 |
| Plymouth County | 31 |
| Dukes County | 31 |
| Barnstable County | 30 |
| Nantucket County | 30 |
| Norfolk County | 29 |
| Hampden County | 29 |
| Hampshire County | 29 |
| Franklin County | 28 |
| Essex County | 26 |
| Suffolk County | 25 |
| Berkshire County | 19 |