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Strong Wind in Southeast Middlesex, Massachusetts

Strong Wind February 27, 2020 · Southeast Middlesex, Massachusetts

51 mph

Measured gust (44 kt)

$1K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

In Winchester at 105 PM EST, a tree and wires were down on South Border Road. In Woburn at 426 PM EST, a tree was down on Winter Road. At 333 PM EST, the ASOS atop the Blue Hill in Milton, MA (KMQE) recorded at wind gust to 51 mph. Logan International Airport (KBOS) recorded a gust to 54 mph at 217 PM EST.

The wider storm

Strong low pressure in New York state moved north into eastern Canada. It was followed by a cold front that moved east across southern New England. The post-frontal tight pressure gradient caused strong southwest to west winds that gusted to 40 to 60 mph and caused some damage across Massachusetts.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 875349. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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