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Strong Wind in Western Middlesex, Massachusetts

Strong Wind March 4, 2020 · Western Middlesex, Massachusetts

53 mph

Measured gust (46 kt)

$2K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

In Sherborn at 1130 AM EST, a tree was down on South Main Street. In Tyngsboro at 106 PM EST, a large tree was down on wires on Long Pond Road. In Wilmington at 240 PM EST, a tree was down on Hopkins Road. Winds generally were gusting to 45 to 55 mph. At 248 PM, the ASOS at Bedford Airport (KBED) recorded a wind gust to 53 mph. Other peak winds included a CWOP report of 43 mph in Tewksbury and 38 mph in Framingham.

The wider storm

Low pressure over Maine strengthened into a powerful cyclone over the Canadian maritime provinces. Its cold front swept across New England, with strong west-northwest winds causing scattered damage in mainly northern and eastern Massachusetts.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 875416. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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