Eastern Norfolk storm history
Storm events recorded in Eastern Norfolk, Massachusetts between 1950 and 2025.
378
Total events
0
Tornadoes
0
Hail
31
Floods
1
Deaths
$7.0M
Property damage
Most significant events
Strongest tornadoes, deadliest events, and biggest damage in this county. Up to 50 shown.
Ten to seventeen inches of snow fell across eastern Norfolk County. A 57 year old female was struck and killed by a snowplow in the parking lot of the Tara Gardens condominium complex. A 67 year old woman sustained non-life threatening injuries after she was struck by a plow truc…
Multiple trees in Milton were downed, several into houses. A large tree in Weymouth was downed onto two trucks. The Automated Surface Observing System at Blue Hill Observatory and Science Center in Milton, MA recorded sustained wind speeds of 41 knots (47 mph) and gusts to 70 kno…
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Winds generally gusted 50-60 mph but as high as 79 mph at Blue Hill at 12:56 PM EST.
High Wind High Wind
Winds generally gusted 40 to 55 mph. The strongest gust was at Blue Hill at 11:36 AM EST.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 2 to 5 inches of snow fell, but it fell leading up to and during the evening commute which caused travel issues. Some notable reports were 9.4 inches on Blue Hill and 6.5 inches in Milton.
Coastal Flood Coastal Flood
In Quincy at 11:30 AM EST Victory Rd was closed.
High Wind High Wind
Winds generally gusted 50 to 60 mph. The strongest gust was recorded at Blue Hill Science Observatory in Milton at 11:38 AM EST at 90 mph.
Coastal Flood Coastal Flood
In Quincy at 1218 PM EST, a car was stuck in coastal flooding on East Squantum Street at Victory Road. Victory Road was flooded and impassable.
Coastal Flood Coastal Flood
In Quincy, portions of East Squantum Street, Dorchester Street, and the causeway near Victory Road were flooded.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Snowfall generally ranged from 4 to 6 inches. The highest amount reported was 6.6 inches in Quincy.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Snowfall generally ranged from 21 to 27 inches. The highest amount reported was 27.6 inches at the Blue Hill Observatory. Winds generally gusted 40 to 50 mph with the highest gust being 46 mph at 0751 AM EST and 0759 AM EST in Weymouth.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Snowfall generally ranged from 9 to 15 inches with the highest amount (15.2 inches) coming from the Blue Hill Observatory.
High Wind High Wind
Winds gusted as high as 65 to 70+ mph in eastern Norfolk County. In North Weymouth at 817 AM EDT (717 AM EST) on the 27th, a trained spotter reported a wind gust to 72 mph. There were numerous trees and wires downed. The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency reported damage e…
Tropical Storm Tropical Storm
In Braintree, a tree was down on Birch Street, near Grove Street.
Strong Wind Strong Wind
Winds generally were gusting to 45 to 55 mph. In Quincy at 806 AM EST, a tree fell onto Furnace Brook Parkway.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Heavy snow averaged 6 to 10 inches. The highest reported total was 11.3 inches in Quincy.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Snowfall amounts averaged 4 to 8 inches. A coastal front created a sharp gradient from west to east, reaching from 4 inches in the eastern parts of Qunicy and Weymouth to 14.2 inches atop Blue Hill in Milton. At 551 AM on the 2nd, the ASOS at the Blue Hill Observatory (KMQE) repo…
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At 951 AM EST, the ASOS at the Blue Hill Observatory (KMQE) in Milton at an elevation of approximately 660 feet recorded a wind gust to 68 mph. It had also recorded gusts to 67 mph at 859 AM EST, 66 mph at 813 AM EST, and 61 mph at 751 AM EST. Earlier still, in Milton at 523 AM E…
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Heavy snow generally ranged from 12.0 to 16.5 inches in eastern Norfolk County. Some specific amounts included 16.5 inches from the Cooperative Observer atop the Blue Hill in Milton, 13.4 inches in Quincy (public), 13.0 inches in Weymouth (trained spotter), 13.0 inches in Braintr…
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Several tremendous wind gusts were recorded atop the Blue Hill, located in Milton, MA at an elevation of 660 feet. The Cooperative Observation station at Blue Hill recorded a wind gust to 81 mph at 435 PM EST (time approximate to within a few minutes). The ASOS system at Blue Hil…
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At 1005 PM EST, the ASOS atop Blue Hill in Milton recorded a wind gust to 60 mph.
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At 1123 AM EST, the ASOS at the Blue Hill Observatory in Milton, MA recorded a gust to 60 mph.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Snowfall ranged from 5 to 6.5 inches in eastern Norfolk County. The Blue Hill CoOp site in Milton recorded 6.5 inches. Other reports included 6.5 inches in Braintree from a trained spotter and a public report of 5.0 inches in Quincy. In Quincy at 1015 AM EDT, a large tree limb wa…
High Wind High Wind
In Milton, the ASOS at the Blue Hill Observatory (KMQE) recorded a wind gust to 72 mph at 739 AM EDT, after having recording gusts to 70 mph at 648 AM EDT and 60 mph at 5 AM EDT. In Quincy at 622 AM EDT, a tree was down on a car on Elmwood Avenue at Farrington Street.
Tropical Storm Tropical Storm
At 451 PM EDT, the ASOS atop Blue Hill (KMQE) in Milton measured a wind gust to 59 mph (51 kt).
Strong Wind Strong Wind
At 441 PM EST (541 PM EDT), the ASOS atop Blue Hill in Milton (KMQE) measured a gust to 53 mph. At 1001 AM EST in nearby Norwood, the airport ASOS (KOWD) measured a gust to 56 mph. In Quincy at 943 AM EST, a tree was down on a power line on Edison Street.
Strong Wind Strong Wind
Winds generally were gusting to 45 to 55 mph. At 1131 PM EST on the 26th (1231 AM EDT on the 27th), the ASOS atop the Blue Hill in Milton recorded a gust to 53 mph. In Milton at 532 AM EST, a large tree was down on Canton Avenue, blocking the sidewalk.
High Wind High Wind
At the Blue Hill Observatory an ASOS reported a wind gust of 70 mph at 149 PM EST (249 PM EDT), and a gust of 68 mph at both 1030 AM EST and 1135 AM EST. In Milton a mesonet station reported wind gusts of 76 mph at 1156 AM EST and of 80 mph at 1206 PM EST. In Quincy a trained spo…
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At 608 PM EST (708 PM EDT), the ASOS atop the Blue Hill recorded a post-frontal wind gust to 61 mph.
Strong Wind Strong Wind
Winds gusted to between 40 and 50 mph. At 1210 PM EST (110 PM EDT) the ASOS atop Blue Hill in Milton (KMQE) recorded a wind gust to 45 mph. At 419 PM EST (519 PM EDT), the Logan International Airport ASOS (KBOS) recorded a gust to 45 mph. In Milton at 430 PM EST, a tree was downe…
High Wind High Wind
The ASOS atop Blue Hill (KMQE) in Milton recorded a wind gust to 69 mph at 3 PM EST. At 247 PM EST, a CWOP site also in Milton, MA recorded a wind gust to 66 mph. At 353 PM EST, a gust to 59 mph was reported by ham radio in Quincy. CBS Boston reported that a tree fell on multiple…
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An amateur radio operator reported a wind gust of 67 mph in Milton.
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An amateur radio operator reported a tree down on King St in Cohasset.
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At 316 AM EST, the ASOS atop Blue Hill recorded a wind gust to 70 mph.
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At 726 PM EST, a mesonet station in Milton, MA recorded a wind gust to 61 mph.
Coastal Flood Coastal Flood
In Weymouth, Neck Street at Great Hill Drive was flooded from coastal flooding.
Coastal Flood Coastal Flood
In Quincy, a portion of Commander Shea Blvd. was flooded and impassable due to coastal flooding.
High Wind High Wind
In Milton there was a 60 mph wind gust.
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At the Blue Hill Observatory there was a wind gust of 62 mph.
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In Milton there was a 64 mph wind gust.
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In Milton, a large branch was down on Randolph Avenue.
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In Quincy there was a tree down on wires on Bunker Hill Ln.
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At 12:45 PM EST, a tree was reported down on a truck on Pleasant Street at Lyman Road.
High Wind High Wind
At 10:18 PM EST, the Automated Surface Observation System (ASOS) platform on Blue Hill in Milton reported a wind gust to 59 mph. At 11:15 PM EST, an amateur radio operator also reported a wind gust to 59 mph.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
From fourteen to sixteen inches of snow fell on Eastern Norfolk County.
High Wind High Wind
At 11:26 AM EST the Automated Surface Observing System platform at Blue Hill reported a wind gust to 62 mph. At 12:27 PM EST a tree and wires came down and blocked the exit ramp at Interstate 93 southbound at Exit 2A in Canton. At 4:44 PM EST the Automated Surface Observing Syste…
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Snowfall of 3 to 6 inches fell on Eastern Norfolk County.
High Wind High Wind
At 12:05 PM EST an amateur radio operator in Milton reported a wind gust to 80 mph.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Three to six inches of snow fell on Eastern Norfolk County. A trained spotter in Braintree reported three-tenths inch accumulation of ice.
Events by year
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 16 | 0 |
| 2019 | 16 | 0 |
| 2018 | 12 | 0 |
| 2017 | 17 | 0 |
| 2016 | 23 | 0 |
| 2015 | 12 | 0 |
| 2014 | 11 | 0 |
| 2013 | 14 | 0 |
| 2012 | 16 | 0 |
| 2011 | 13 | 0 |
| 2010 | 13 | 0 |
| 2009 | 9 | 0 |
| 2008 | 12 | 0 |
| 2007 | 10 | 0 |
| 2006 | 8 | 0 |
| 2005 | 24 | 0 |
| 2004 | 5 | 0 |
| 2003 | 9 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 18 | 0 |
| 1999 | 22 | 0 |
| 1998 | 30 | 0 |
| 1997 | 15 | 0 |
| 1996 | 24 | 0 |