High Wind — Western Plymouth, Massachusetts

2023-02-03 · Western Plymouth, Massachusetts

Event narrative

Winds generally were gusting to 50 to 60 mph. In Plymouth, to the east, a wind gust to 62 mph was observed at 921 PM EST. In Middleboro at 850 AM EST, a tree was down on power lines on Chestnut Street. In Whitman at 805 PM EST, a large tree was down on a house on Harvey Lane. In Halifax at 850 PM EST, a tree was down on a vehicle and a house on River Street and on nearby Summit Street wires were down.

Wider weather episode

A major Arctic cold front blasted through southern New England on the morning of March 3rd. It was followed by a few rounds of strong and locally damaging wind gusts. Temperatures plunged to 10 to 20 below zero on the morning of March 4th. The -10F reading at Boston's Logan Airport was the coldest there since 1957. There were numerous instances of burst pipes due to the cold across the region, but it is impossible to quantify dollar damage. Wind chill indices reached 30 to 40 below zero across southern New England.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1080687. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.