High Wind — Suffolk, Massachusetts

2024-04-04 · Suffolk, Massachusetts

$4K

Property damage

54 MG

Magnitude

Event narrative

At Revere Beach a weather flow station gusted to 62 mph at 8:11 AM EDT. At Boston Logan Airport the ASOS (KBOS) gusted to 59 mph at 8:32 AM EDT. In Boston, an iconic willow tree along the lagoon in the Boston Public Garden was brought down by strong winds. There was also a tree down in the North End of Boston. In Boston a tree came down on three cars.

Wider weather episode

A strong Nor'easter passed offshore of southern New England bringing widespread heavy rainfall, high elevation snow and sleet, as well as strong winds to the region. There was minor flooding on some rivers as well as minor to moderate coastal flooding along the east coast of MA. This was a late season snow storm with very elevation dependent snowfall totals from 0 to over 8 inches. Wind damage was sporadic and mostly minor, with over 25,000 power outages reported in western MA.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1161381. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.