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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Marshfield, MA

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

54 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Marshfield, Massachusetts since 1851, 12 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 15 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
12

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
42

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
15

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

1 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Marshfield

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Marshfield, Massachusetts, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021IdaSep 263 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 4
2021ElsaJul 96 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
2013AndreaJun 83 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2008HannaSep 718 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
2007BarryJun 415 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
2006BerylJul 2162 miTropical storm (51 mph)Tropical storm
2004HermineAug 3143 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1999FloydSep 1752 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 4
1996JosephineOct 955 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
1996BerthaJul 1442 miTropical storm (68 mph)Category 3
1991BobAug 198 miCategory 1 (89 mph)Category 3
1972CarrieSep 474 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1966AlmaJun 1412 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1961EstherSep 2628 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 5
1961Unnamed 1961 stormSep 1553 miTropical storm (66 mph)Tropical storm
1960DonnaSep 1247 miCategory 1 (75 mph)Category 4
1960BrendaJul 3069 miTropical storm (47 mph)Tropical storm
1959CindyJul 1118 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
1954EdnaSep 1133 miCategory 2 (106 mph)Category 3
1954CarolAug 3152 miCategory 2 (102 mph)Category 3
1952Unnamed 1952 stormFeb 465 miTropical storm (62 mph)Tropical storm
1944Unnamed 1944 stormOct 2173 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 4
1944Unnamed 1944 stormSep 157 miCategory 1 (74 mph)Category 5
1934Unnamed 1934 stormSep 972 miTropical storm (48 mph)Category 2
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 2036 miTropical storm (47 mph)Category 2
1924Unnamed 1924 stormAug 2670 miCategory 1 (91 mph)Category 3
1923Unnamed 1923 stormOct 199 miTropical storm (54 mph)Tropical storm
1916Unnamed 1916 stormJul 217 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 2
1916Unnamed 1916 stormMay 1744 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 557 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1908Unnamed 1908 stormMay 3136 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1907Unnamed 1907 stormJun 3012 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1904Unnamed 1904 stormSep 1519 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 1
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 1724 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1897Unnamed 1897 stormSep 2438 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1896Unnamed 1896 stormSep 10overheadTropical storm (62 mph)Category 3
1894Unnamed 1894 stormOct 1053 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 3
1889Unnamed 1889 stormSep 2535 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 2
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 2652 miCategory 1 (79 mph)Category 1
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 1217 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2211 miTropical storm (49 mph)Category 3
1887Unnamed 1887 stormOct 2170 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
1880Unnamed 1880 stormOct 2351 miTropical storm (69 mph)Tropical storm
1879Unnamed 1879 stormAug 1932 miCategory 1 (78 mph)Category 3
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 2446 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1877Unnamed 1877 stormOct 536 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 3
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 3062 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1872Unnamed 1872 stormOct 279 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1869Unnamed 1869 stormOct 418 miCategory 2 (104 mph)Category 2
1869Unnamed 1869 stormSep 834 miCategory 2 (101 mph)Category 3
1861Unnamed 1861 stormNov 333 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
1861Unnamed 1861 stormSep 2855 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
1858Unnamed 1858 stormSep 1646 miCategory 1 (75 mph)Category 2
1851Unnamed 1851 stormOct 1947 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Marshfield: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Marshfield

By decade

  • 2020s2
  • 2010s2
  • 1990s2
  • 1980s4
  • 1960s2
  • 1950s3
Strongest tornadoes near Marshfield, Massachusetts
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Nov 18, 1967F214 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Nov 21, 1956F225 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Aug 18, 2023EF114 mi0.35 mi0 / 0
Jul 10, 1989F117 mi0.1 mi0 / 1
Sep 16, 1986F17 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Jul 4, 1964F12 mi2.3 mi0 / 0
Sep 7, 1958F04 mi0.1 mi1 / 1
Aug 18, 2023EF019 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
May 9, 2013EF021 mi0.38 mi0 / 0
Jul 24, 2012EF013 mi0.03 mi0 / 0
Aug 20, 1997F010 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
May 18, 1990F023 mi0.2 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 15, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Marshfield while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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