Tornado History Map

Norfolk County, Massachusetts tornado history

16 tornadoes recorded in or across Norfolk County from 1953 to 2023, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Norfolk County

The Storm Prediction Center records 16 tornadoes whose paths touched Norfolk County, Massachusetts between 1953 and 2023. They killed 1 person and injured 23. The busiest month is August, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 9 June 1953. The most recent was on 18 August 2023.

  • 16tornadoes
  • 1death
  • 23injuries
  • 404per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Norfolk County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0850%
F1 / EF1638%
F2 / EF216%
F3 / EF316%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Norfolk County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in 2020s.1950s21970s31980s11990s22000s22010s22020s4

The 2020s only run to 2023, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1970s3
1980s1
1990s2
2000s2
2010s2
2020s4
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in Aug.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May3Jun3Jul2Aug5Sep1Oct1Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May3
Jun3
Jul2
Aug5
Sep1
Oct1
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Norfolk County

  • Deadliest: Massachusetts tornado9 August 1972, F1, 1 death, 6 injuries, 4.9 miles long
  • Strongest and Longest path: Massachusetts tornado9 June 1953, F3, 17 injuries, 28 miles long
  • Most recent: Massachusetts tornado18 August 2023, EF1, 0.4 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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