Southeast Middlesex storm history
Storm events recorded in Southeast Middlesex, Massachusetts between 1950 and 2025.
287
Total events
0
Tornadoes
0
Hail
1
Floods
1
Deaths
$4.8M
Property damage
Most significant events
Strongest tornadoes, deadliest events, and biggest damage in this county. Up to 50 shown.
A 45 year old mail carrier died as a result of heat illness on July 6th. Temperatures in the area had climbed above 90 for the 3rd day in a row on the 5th, when the mail carrier was found and transported to the hospital. The high humidity levels resulted in heat indices above 90 …
Trees and wires were downed in Malden, including on Maple, Williams, Dartmouth, and Lawrence Streets. Several were downed onto houses. Large trees on Evelyn Road and Washington and Foster Streets in Newton were downed. Several telephone poles on Grove Street in Newton were downed…
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Winds generally gusted 45-60 mph. In Newton a tree was down blocking the road.
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Generally 5-7 inches of snow fell, with some of the highest amounts being 6.4 inches in Medford and 6 inches in Wakefield.
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Generally 6 to 10 inches of snow fell. Some accumulations included 7 inches in Waltham, 8.6 inches in Lexington, and 6.2 inches in Medford.
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Winds generally gusted 45 to 55 mph. The strongest gust was 58 mph in Cambridge.
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Winds generally gusted 25 to 30 mph. In Cambridge at 3:42 AM EST a tree and wires were down on Clifton St.
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In Lexington at 450 PM, a tree was down on Constitution Road.
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In Malden, a tree and power lines were down on Fairmont Street.
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In Waltham, in the Ellison Park area, a tree was down on cable wires.
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Snowfall generally ranged from 7 to 10 inches. The highest amount reported was 10.5 inches in Winchester.
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Snowfall generally ranged from 11 inches to 19 inches. The highest amount was 19.1 inches reported in Lexington. Winds gusted 35 to 45 mph with the strongest gusts to 54 mph at 155 PM EST in Medford and 47 mph at 1102 AM EST at Lake Quannapowitt in Wakefield.
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In Wakefield at 738 AM EST a tree was down across Water Street at South St.
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Snowfall generally ranged from 5 to 8 inches. The highest report (8.7 inches) came from west Newton.
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In Wakefield at Lake Quannapowitt, a Weatherflow mesonet site recorded a wind gust to 55 mph at 505 AM EDT (405 AM EST) on the 27th. In Medford, a CWOP site recorded a 52 mph gust at 629 AM EDT (529 AM EST). In Cambridge at 738 PM EDT on the 26th, a large tree was down on power l…
Winds were generally gusting to 40 to 50 mph. The highest gust was 53 mph at 353 PM EDT in Cambridge, MA. In Malden, at 612 PM EDT an electric sign came down onto a car with four people inside. Two were transported by EMS.
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Winds generally were gusting to 45 to 55 mph. In Bedford at 321 PM EDT (221 PM EST), the ASOS at Hanscom Field (KBED) recorded a gust to 49 mph. In Wayland at 256 PM EDT (156 PM EST), a large tree was down on wires on Lakeshore Drive. In Hopkinton at 302 PM EDT (202 PM EST), a tr…
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Winds were generally gusting to around 50 mph. The ASOS atop Blue Hill in Milton (KMQE) recorded a gust to 51 mph at 332 PM EDT (232 PM EST). The ASOS at Logan International Airport in Boston (KBOS) recorded a gust to 47 mph at 341 PM EDT (241 PM EST). In Newton at 320 PM EDT (22…
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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 Lin…
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In Cambridge at 302 AM EST on March 2, a wind gust to 63 mph was recorded. Earlier, to the west in Westford, gusts to 55 mph were recorded at 9 PM and 1115 PM EST on March 1. In Woburn at 947 PM EST on March 1, a tree was down onto a garage on Williams Lane.
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Heavy snow totals ranged from 5 to 7 inches in southeast Middlesex County. The highest was 7.0 inches reported in West Newton.
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A coastal front caused a sharp gradient in the snowfall totals across southeast Middlesex County. Snowfall totals ranged from as little as 4 inches near Cambridge to as much as 18.2 inches in Winchester. At 1215 AM EST in Watertown a large tree was down due to the weight of snow …
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Winds generally were gusting to around 50 mph. In Lexington at 815 AM EST, a tree and wires were down on Crawford Road at Preston Road.
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Heavy snow generally ranged from 12 to 16 inches across southeast Middlesex County. Some specific amounts included 16.0 inches in Waltham (trained spotter), 15.0 inches in West Newton (public), 14.6 inches in Winchester (CoCoRaHS), 14.5 inches in Melrose (CoCoRaHS), 14.5 inches i…
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Winds were generally gusting to between 40 and 45 mph. In Boston, at Logan Airport at 6:54 PM EST the ASOS (KBOS) reported a gust of 46 mph. In Bedford at 4:51 PM EST the ASOS at Bedford Airport (KBED) reported a gust to 43 mph. In Medford at 7:32 PM EST a tree was down on Carber…
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Winds generally were gusting to 50 to 60 mph. In Watertown at 521 PM EST, a trained spotter reported a wind gust to 48 mph. At 520 PM EST, at Northeastern University in Boston, a wind gust to 61 mph was recorded. In Medford at 316 PM EST, a tree was down on Hammond Place and at 5…
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In Newton at 1036 PM EST, a tree was down on Vine Street.
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In Watertown at 1148 PM, a mesonet site recorded a wind gust to 58 mph.
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In southeast Middlesex County, snowfall ranged from 4.0 inches in both Melrose and Watertown to 5.3 inches in West Newton. In Cambridge at 1015 AM EDT, due to the weight of the snow, trees were reported down Read Street, Standish Street, and Upton Street, with trees and wires dow…
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Winds generally were gusting to between 40 and 45 mph. In Medford at 1018 AM EDT, a large tree limb was down on wires on Pinkert Street.
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Winds were generally gusting to between 45 and 50 mph. At 807 AM EDT the ASOS at the Hanscom Field Airport (KBED) reported a wind gust to 44 mph. Farther to the east at 747 AM EDT the ASOS at Logan International Airport (KBOS) in Boston recorded a gust to 56 mph. In Lexington, at…
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In Arlington, the public reported a tree down on a car at 430 PM EDT. In Newton Highlands, amateur radio operators reported a tree down blocking the MBTA D Line tracks.
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Winds were generally gusting to between 45 and 55 mph. At 918 AM EST (1018 AM EDT), the ASOS at Bedford Airport (KBED) measured a gust to 48 mph. At 417 PM EST, Logan International Airport's ASOS measured a 47 mph gust. But the Norwood Airport, not too far to the south, had a gus…
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Winds generally were gusting to around 50 mph. At 1027 PM EST (1127 PM EDT), the ASOS at Boston's Logan International Airport recorded a gust to 48 mph. At 829 AM EST (929 AM EDT), a WeatherFlow site at Deer Island recorded a gust to 52 mph. In Cambridge at 532 AM EST, a large tr…
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Two to three inches of wet snow clung to trees and power lines. In Medford at 723 AM EST (823 AM EDT), a tree fell onto a car on Bristol Road.
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In Lexington at 105 PM EST amateur radio reported a tree down on Saddle Club Rd. Later, at 251 PM EST the public reported a tree down on power lines on Mass Ave. Also, at 301 PM EST a tree was down on a power line on Pelham Rd in Lexington.
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At 1151 AM EST (1251 PM EDT), the ASOS at Logan International Airport recorded a gust to 49 mph. At 1118 AM EST, a 48 mph gust was measured at a CWOP station in Medford. In Medford at 1230 PM EST, a tree and wires were down on a car on Fulton Street. In Belmont at 1232 PM EST, a …
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Winds gusted to between 40 and 50 mph for a short period in the late afternoon. At 354 PM EST (454 PM EDT), the Bedford ASOS (KBED) recorded a wind gust to 48 mph. At 419 PM EST (519 PM EDT), the Logan International Airport ASOS (KBOS) recorded a gust to 45 mph. In Lexington at 4…
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In Winchester at 105 PM EST, a tree and wires were down on South Border Road. In Woburn at 426 PM EST, a tree was down on Winter Road. At 333 PM EST, the ASOS atop the Blue Hill in Milton, MA (KMQE) recorded at wind gust to 51 mph. Logan International Airport (KBOS) recorded a gu…
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An amateur radio operator reported a large tree down blocking Yale Ave in Wakefield.
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Final snow totals ranged from 11 to 15 inches. A trained spotter in Lexington reported 15.1 inches of snow. A ham radio operator reported 11.4 inches of snow in Cambridge. Wires were down in Belmont, and trees were down in Newton, Waltham, Medford, and Watertown.
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In Malden there was a tree through the roof of a house along Boylston St.
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In Lexington there was a tree down on Waltham St between Worthen and Lexington center.
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In Idylwide there was a large tree and wires down on Marrett Rd.
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In North Lexington there was a large branch down on Revere St near the bike path.
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In Lexington there was a tree down on Appleton St.
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In Waban there were multiple trees down along Annawan Rd.
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In Newton there was a large limb down on a police cruiser on Washington St at Chestnut St; vehicle disabled.
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In Medford there was a tree down on Metcalf St.
Events by year
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 |
| 2020 | 18 | 0 |
| 2019 | 18 | 0 |
| 2018 | 11 | 0 |
| 2017 | 18 | 0 |
| 2016 | 23 | 0 |
| 2015 | 11 | 0 |
| 2014 | 7 | 0 |
| 2013 | 14 | 0 |
| 2012 | 10 | 0 |
| 2011 | 6 | 0 |
| 2010 | 8 | 0 |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 |
| 2008 | 8 | 0 |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 |
| 2006 | 6 | 0 |
| 2005 | 18 | 0 |
| 2004 | 4 | 0 |
| 2003 | 7 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 13 | 0 |
| 1998 | 20 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 15 | 0 |