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High Wind in Southeast Middlesex, Massachusetts

High Wind March 12, 2021 – March 13, 2021 · Southeast Middlesex, Massachusetts

41 mph

Measured sustained (36 kt)

$800

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

At 1154 PM EST on March 12, a mesonet site in Newton measured a sustained wind of 42 mph. At 1234 AM EST on March 13, a CWOP station in Cambridge measured a wind gust to 61 mph. In Medford at 1020 PM EST, amateur radio operators reported a tree and wires down on Keith Road at Lincoln Road.

The wider storm

In the wake of an arctic cold front, strong northwest winds occurred across southern New England during the evening of March 12th and the overnight hours on March 13th. These winds caused scattered damage.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 940550. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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