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Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1955 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
21
Tornado reports
183
Hail reports
225
Floods since 1996
1,140
All events
2
Deaths
$70.1M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Middlesex County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 21 in all. Zoom in and the paths widen to their surveyed width.
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NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
The most significant flash flooding affected Somerville, where damage was estimated to be around ten million dollars. Several businesses experienced severe flooding, and the Somerville Public Safety Building was inundated with nearly four feet of water. Three police cruisers were…
Four to seven inches of rain fell across Middlesex County resulting in each of the seven gaged mainstem rivers in Middlesex County to rise above flood stage. The Assabet River at Maynard and the Sudbury River at Saxonville both reached major flood with the Sudbury River setting a…
Each of the seven gaged mainstem rivers in Middlesex County rose above flood stage, the Nashua River at East Pepperell, Shawsheen River at Wilmington, and the Assabet River at Maynard all reached major flood. The Concord River at Lowell and the Shawsheen River at Wilmington set r…
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In Ashby, a large tree was down on wires on New Ipswich Rd.
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Near Maynard a tree was reported down on Sudbury road.
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In Sudbury, a tree was down blocking half the road on Hudson Rd.
In Concord, a tree was down on a car. Two minor injuries were reported.
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In Hudson, a tree and wires were down on Bertha St.
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An EF1 tornado touched down in Stow, MA near Maple street and continued ENE over Bose Avenue causing significant tree damage. The tornado lifted somewhere near Harvest Drive and touched down again about 1.25 miles ENE just west of Packard road and continued across Carriage lane b…
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In Hudson, there were trees and wires down across town.
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In Stow, there were downed tree tree limbs on Rt 62.
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In Wayland, multiple trees were down on Oxbow Rd.
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In Acton, there was a tree down partially blocking Main St.
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In Bedford, a tree was down on a house on Appletree Lane.
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In Weston, a tree was down on Highland St.
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The ASOS at the Bedford Airport (KBED) gusted to 59 mph.
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In Pepperell, a large tree was down blocking part of Sartelle St.
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In Pepperell, trees were downed on Sheffield St.
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In Pepperell, a tree and powerlines were downed on Prescott St.
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In Dunstable, there were downed powerlines on Main St.
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In Weston, a tree and wires were down on Rt 20 at Wellesley St. A tree was also down on Gail Rd.
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In Newton, a tree was down on wires on Fairway Dr.
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In Belmont, a tree was down on a house on Park Rd.
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In Medford, a tree was down in a yard on 9th St.
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In Waltham, wires were down on Elm Avenue.
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In Dracut there was a tree down blocking the road.
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In Lowell, a tree and multiple power lines were down.
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A tree was down near Newton St near Rt 30.
Lightning Lightning
In Burlington, there was a structure fire due to lightning on Cutting Lane.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
A car was stuck in flooding on Route 128 south prior to Trapelo Rd.
Hail Hail
In Shirley, a trained spotter reported quarter size hail.
Hail Hail
In Littleton, quarter sized hail was reported.
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In Ayer a tree was down on Sandy Pond Rd.
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In Ayer there were trees down blocking the road on Elm St.
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In Shirley, a large tree was down on Patterson Rd.
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In Shirley, broadcast media sent aerial photos of around a dozen trees uprooted or snapped off at the top laying in the same direction on Walker Rd.
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In Tewskbury, a tree was down on a car on Shawsheen St.
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In Woburn, several large trees were down.
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In Groton, a tree was down on Dunstable Rd.
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In Ayer, a tree was down on wires on Douglas St.
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In Townsend, a tree was down on Shirly Rd.
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In Westford, a tree was down on Kings Rd.
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In Chelmsford, there were wires down on Hitchinpost Rd.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | 30 | 1 |
| 2024 | 24 | 0 |
| 2023 | 60 | 0 |
| 2022 | 34 | 0 |
| 2021 | 30 | 2 |
| 2020 | 72 | 0 |
| 2019 | 32 | 0 |
| 2018 | 57 | 0 |
| 2017 | 64 | 0 |
| 2016 | 66 | 1 |
| 2015 | 56 | 0 |
| 2014 | 58 | 0 |
| 2013 | 17 | 0 |
| 2012 | 32 | 0 |
| 2011 | 18 | 0 |
| 2010 | 40 | 0 |
| 2009 | 23 | 0 |
| 2008 | 89 | 0 |
| 2007 | 25 | 0 |
| 2006 | 29 | 0 |
| 2005 | 12 | 0 |
| 2004 | 18 | 0 |
| 2003 | 10 | 0 |
| 2002 | 18 | 0 |
| 2001 | 20 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 1999 | 19 | 0 |
| 1998 | 34 | 0 |
| 1997 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | 18 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 1 |
| 1985 | 1 | 1 |
| 1983 | 4 | 1 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1974 | 1 | 1 |
| 1973 | 1 | 0 |
| 1972 | 2 | 1 |
| 1971 | 3 | 2 |
| 1970 | 2 | 2 |
| 1968 | 2 | 0 |
| 1966 | 3 | 0 |
| 1965 | 1 | 1 |
| 1963 | 4 | 1 |
| 1961 | 4 | 1 |
| 1960 | 1 | 0 |
| 1959 | 1 | 0 |
| 1958 | 5 | 2 |
| 1957 | 7 | 2 |
| 1956 | 1 | 0 |
| 1955 | 2 | 1 |
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