Feb 24, 1998
The second powerful nor'easter to affect the region in less than a week brought a deluge of rain to southeastern Massachusetts, gale force winds along the coast, and coastal flooding to Chatham on Cape Cod and to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. An extremely intense low pressure system moving to the northeast and passing just to the southeast of Nantucket had a central barometric pressure just under 29 inches of mercury. Maximum rainfall totals for this storm exceeded 4 inches in Plymouth Coun
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5632522). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Dukes County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.