954 first-hand accounts of flood events in Massachusetts, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
On June 12th through the 14th, a very slow moving complex storm system moved through southeast New England. The combination of its slow movement and the presence of tropical moisture across the region produced rainfall of 6 to 12 inches over much of eastern Massachusetts, which…
Read the full account →On June 12th through the 14th, a very slow moving complex storm system moved through southeast New England. The combination of its slow movement and the presence of tropical moisture across the region produced rainfall of 6 to 12 inches over much of eastern Massachusetts, which…
Read the full account →A cold front moved from the Great Lakes across New England during the night of the 18th. The air mass ahead of the cold front was very warm and very humid.
Read the full account →A warm front stalled along the northern Massachusetts border. Low pressure moved from the Mid Atlantic states up across Southeast Massachusetts during the night of the 18th and early morning of the 19th.
Read the full account →Bermuda High Pressure offshore delivered heat and humidity to Massachusetts. Heat indices in Eastern Massachusetts climbed into the lower 100s on the 2nd, but not high enough for an Excessive Heat Warning. Heat Index values climbed into the 90s on the 3rd.
Read the full account →Low pressure moving up the east coast brought a soaking rain and strong winds to much of southern New England. The strongest winds were along the east coast of Massachusetts where many trees were still fully leaved.
Read the full account →Low pressure moving up the east coast brought a soaking rain and strong winds to much of southern New England. The strongest winds were along the east coast of Massachusetts where many trees were still fully leaved.
Read the full account →Low pressure moving up the east coast brought a soaking rain and strong winds to much of southern New England. The strongest winds were along the east coast of Massachusetts where many trees were still fully leaved.
Read the full account →Low pressure moving up the east coast brought a soaking rain and strong winds to much of southern New England. The strongest winds were along the east coast of Massachusetts where many trees were still fully leaved.
Read the full account →A couple of upper level disturbances moved over southern New England while at the surface a slow moving warm front drifted north across the area. This ignited showers and thunderstorms across much of the area.
Read the full account →An intense area of low pressure which was located over the Mid-Atlantic region on Friday morning January 19th produced unseasonably warm temperatures, high dewpoints and strong winds. This resulted in rapid melting of one to three feet of snow.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall, most of it falling over a 100 hour period, caused widespread flooding across much of eastern Massachusetts of small streams and main stem rivers. Major flooding of a number of small streams and main stem rivers occurred in Essex County of Massachusetts.
Read the full account →An unusually strong and slow moving coastal storm for mid April tracked to western Long Island Sound on April 16th before weakening slowly and drifting offshore.
Read the full account →A cold front stalled over Southern New England on the 11th. Low pressure from the Midwest then moved slowly east along the front. The weather system drew upon warm and very humid air to create showers with local downpours, resulting in rainfall amounts of two to five inches in…
Read the full account →A cold front stalled over Southern New England on the 11th. Low pressure from the Midwest then moved slowly east along the front. The weather system drew upon warm and very humid air to create showers with local downpours, resulting in rainfall amounts of two to five inches in…
Read the full account →A cold front stalled over Southern New England on the 11th. Low pressure from the Midwest then moved slowly east along the front. The weather system drew upon warm and very humid air to create showers with local downpours, resulting in rainfall amounts of two to five inches in…
Read the full account →A stacked low pressure system passed south and east of southern New England bringing widespread rainfall to much of the region. This system was anomalously moist with precipitable waters two to three standard deviations above normal for late March.
Read the full account →Hurricane Irene formed east of the Caribbean island of Dominica, part of the Lesser Antilles region, on the afternoon of August 20. Irene moved through the Caribbean and up the east coast of the United States making landfall twice.
Read the full account →An atmospheric trough moved over Massachusetts on the 4th, tapping high amounts of moisture in the air to cause heavy showers that resulted in flooding. Up to 6.5 inches of rain fell on Cape Cod, and 1 to 3 inches across the rest of Massachusetts.
Read the full account →An atmospheric trough moved over Massachusetts on the 4th, tapping high amounts of moisture in the air to cause heavy showers that resulted in flooding. Up to 6.5 inches of rain fell on Cape Cod, and 1 to 3 inches across the rest of Massachusetts.
Read the full account →Low pressure raced east from the Great Lakes bringing showers and isolated thunderstorms to Southern New England on the morning of Saturday the 30th. Several of the showers in Eastern Massachusetts contained locally heavy downpours, and one contained large hail.
Read the full account →Low pressure raced east from the Great Lakes bringing showers and isolated thunderstorms to Southern New England on the morning of Saturday the 30th. Several of the showers in Eastern Massachusetts contained locally heavy downpours, and one contained large hail.
Read the full account →A warm front moved northward across southern New England overnight as low pressure moved into northern New England. In addition, an approaching upper level short wave trough and surface cold front led to the development of heavy rain with embedded thunderstorms that caused…
Read the full account →A warm front moved northward across southern New England overnight as low pressure moved into northern New England. In addition, an approaching upper level short wave trough and surface cold front led to the development of heavy rain with embedded thunderstorms that caused…
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