Strong Wind in Eastern Hampden, Massachusetts

Strong Wind March 4, 2020 · Eastern Hampden, Massachusetts

46 mph

Measured gust (40 kt)

$500

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Winds generally were gusting to 40 to 46 mph. At 145 PM EST, the ASOS at Westfield-Barnes Airport (KBAF) recorded a gust to 46 mph. Other gusts included 44 mph at Westover AFB and 36 mph from a CWOP site in Springfield. In Southwick at 1234 PM EST, a tree was down on Route 202 near the Westfield town line.

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 875421. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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