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Strong Wind in Northern Worcester, Massachusetts

Strong Wind March 4, 2020 · Northern Worcester, Massachusetts

44 mph

Measured gust (38 kt)

$500

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Winds generally were gusting to 40 to 45 mph. At 1210 PM EST, the ASOS at Worcester Airport (KORH) recorded a gust to 44 mph. At 336 PM EST, the ASOS at Fitchburg Airport (KFIT) recorded a gust to 37 mph. In Harvard at 1 PM EST, one tree was reported down on Stow Road.

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 875422. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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