Massachusetts hail history

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Massachusetts had hail reported on 65 days from 2016 to 2025, about 7 a year, and on 426 days since 1955. The largest hailstone on record in the state is 4.00″ (June 1, 2011). Worcester County had the most hail days of any county from 2016 to 2025 (21).

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports. Data through November 6, 2026. Methodology

Report counts rose over the decades as more people and spotters reported storms, so compare recent years with each other rather than with the 1960s.

Massachusetts cities with the most hail days, 2016–2025

Biggest hail days in Massachusetts since 2016

The largest hail and the biggest storm days since 1955, with radar swaths since 2019: Biggest hail storms in Massachusetts history

Massachusetts counties

Places with fewer than 5 hail days on record are listed without a link and kept out of search engines.

When hail falls in Massachusetts, by month and week: Massachusetts hail season

Download every Massachusetts hail, tornado and wind report as CSV, by year: Massachusetts storm report downloads

All Massachusetts cities

Agawam Town Amesbury Amherst Town Attleboro Barnstable Town Beverly Boston Braintree Town Bridgewater Town Brockton Cambridge Chelsea Chicopee Easthampton Everett Fall River Fitchburg Framingham Franklin Town Gardner Greenfield Haverhill Holyoke Lawrence Leominster Lowell Lynn Malden Marlborough Medford Melrose Methuen New Bedford Newburyport Newton North Adams North Attleborough Town Northampton Peabody Pittsfield Quincy Randolph Town Revere Salem Somerville Southbridge Town Springfield Taunton Waltham Watertown West Springfield Town Westfield Weymouth Town Winthrop Town Woburn Worcester

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