NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Hanson, MA
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
54 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Hanson, Massachusetts since 1851, 12 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 27 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 12
- Tropical storms
- 42
- Tornadoes
- 27
- EF3 or stronger
- 1
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
2 deaths in all
What the records show for Hanson
The strongest storm to pass near Hanson was Edna in 1954, a Category 2 hurricane with 108 mph winds when its centre passed 38 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was Bob in 1991, whose centre came within 2 miles. The record near Hanson begins with an unnamed storm in 1851; the most recent system was Ida in 2021, a tropical storm 63 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1880s, with 6 systems, one of them at hurricane strength. Of the 54 systems, 8 have come since 2000. Hanson has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 71% of the 346 Massachusetts cities on this site. The strongest of the 27 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F3 on June 9, 1953; its path came within 17 miles. The deadliest, an F1 on August 9, 1972, killed 1 person. Of the 27, 2 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 10 have come since 2000. August has had the most tornadoes, 9. The most recent tornado was on August 18, 2023. Of the 346 Massachusetts cities, 81% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Hanson. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 45 times since 1959, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Of the 346 Massachusetts cities, 67% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Hanson.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Hanson
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | IdaSep 2 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2021 | HenriAug 22 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2021 | ElsaJul 9 | 2 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2013 | AndreaJun 8 | 1 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2008 | HannaSep 7 | 15 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2007 | BarryJun 4 | 9 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2006 | BerylJul 21 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2004 | HermineAug 31 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1999 | FloydSep 17 | 48 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1996 | JosephineOct 9 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1996 | BerthaJul 14 | 38 mi | Tropical storm (68 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1991 | BobAug 19 | 2 mi | Category 1 (90 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1966 | AlmaJun 14 | 19 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1961 | EstherSep 26 | 36 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1961 | Unnamed 1961 stormSep 15 | 48 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1960 | DonnaSep 12 | 41 mi | Category 1 (76 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1960 | BrendaJul 30 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1959 | CindyJul 11 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1954 | EdnaSep 11 | 38 mi | Category 2 (108 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1954 | CarolAug 31 | 44 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1952 | Unnamed 1952 stormFeb 4 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1944 | Unnamed 1944 stormSep 15 | 3 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormSep 9 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormJun 20 | 37 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1924 | Unnamed 1924 stormAug 26 | 75 mi | Category 1 (91 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1923 | Unnamed 1923 stormOct 19 | overhead | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormJul 21 | overhead | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormMay 17 | 38 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormAug 5 | 48 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1913 | Unnamed 1913 stormOct 2 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1908 | Unnamed 1908 stormMay 31 | 30 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1907 | Unnamed 1907 stormJun 30 | 17 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1904 | Unnamed 1904 stormSep 15 | 22 mi | Category 1 (85 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormJun 17 | 19 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1897 | Unnamed 1897 stormSep 24 | 32 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1896 | Unnamed 1896 stormSep 10 | 9 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1894 | Unnamed 1894 stormOct 10 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1889 | Unnamed 1889 stormSep 25 | 40 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormSep 26 | 58 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormSep 12 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormAug 22 | 11 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1887 | Unnamed 1887 stormOct 21 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1880 | Unnamed 1880 stormOct 23 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormAug 19 | 36 mi | Category 1 (79 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1878 | Unnamed 1878 stormOct 24 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1877 | Unnamed 1877 stormOct 5 | 38 mi | Tropical storm (61 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1874 | Unnamed 1874 stormSep 30 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1872 | Unnamed 1872 stormOct 27 | 9 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1869 | Unnamed 1869 stormOct 4 | 26 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1869 | Unnamed 1869 stormSep 8 | 27 mi | Category 2 (102 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1861 | Unnamed 1861 stormNov 3 | 27 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1861 | Unnamed 1861 stormSep 28 | 52 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1858 | Unnamed 1858 stormSep 16 | 39 mi | Category 1 (76 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1851 | Unnamed 1851 stormOct 19 | 38 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Hanson: 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 Hanson
By decade
- 2020s4
- 2010s5
- 2000s1
- 1990s2
- 1980s4
- 1970s3
- 1960s4
- 1950s4(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 1953 | F3 | 17 mi | 28 mi | 0 / 17 |
| Jul 28, 2014 | EF2 | 25 mi | 1.93 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Nov 18, 1967 | F2 | 7 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 21, 1956 | F2 | 18 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 9, 1972 | F1 | 24 mi | 4.9 mi | 1 / 6 |
| Aug 18, 2023 | EF1 | 9 mi | 0.35 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 18, 2023 | EF1 | 21 mi | 7.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 29, 2023 | EF1 | 17 mi | 0.16 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 23, 2018 | EF1 | 18 mi | 0.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 21, 2004 | F1 | 24 mi | 6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 10, 1989 | F1 | 8 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Sep 16, 1986 | F1 | 12 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 27, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Hanson
The Storm Prediction Center has 45 hail reports within 10 miles of Hanson since 1959, made on 27 separate days. Of these, 25 were 1 inch across or larger, and 2 reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.75 inches (baseball size), fell on July 6, 1999. The most recent report is from August 14, 2025. July has the most reports, 19.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Hanson
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Brockton, MA, 8 miles west of Hanson at 75 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 84°F and low of 63°F; January is the coolest, at 39°F and 21°F. March is the wettest at 5.2 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 3.2 inches; the year adds up to 50.2 inches over 83 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 49% of the year's precipitation (24.4 of 50.2 inches); the other six months are wetter. September has brought the most of the 54 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (19); a normal September there has highs of 75°F and 4.1 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 15 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 129 nights a year. Snowfall averages 34.3 inches a year, most of it in February. That 50.2 inches is more than at 49 of the 65 Massachusetts stations used on this site (75%). Pembroke, 3 miles east, has its own station (Plymouth-Kingston, MA): 52.7 inches a year, 2.5 more than here, and the same July average high, 84°F.
Sea level at the Boston tide gauge, 23 miles from Hanson, has risen 1.17 ± 0.03 inches per decade from 1921 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 11.7 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 68 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 39 | 21 | 4.0 | 7 | 9.1 |
| Feb | 41 | 22 | 3.6 | 7 | 12.8 |
| Mar | 48 | 29 | 5.2 | 7 | 6.9 |
| Apr | 59 | 38 | 4.5 | 8 | 0.7 |
| May | 70 | 47 | 3.4 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 78 | 57 | 4.1 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 84 | 63 | 3.2 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 83 | 62 | 3.6 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 75 | 54 | 4.1 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 64 | 43 | 5.0 | 7 | 0.1 |
| Nov | 54 | 34 | 4.4 | 7 | 0.2 |
| Dec | 44 | 26 | 5.1 | 8 | 4.5 |
| Year | 62 | 41 | 50.2 | 83 | 34.3 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Brockton, MA (75 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Hanson
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 126 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Hanson: 87 thunderstorm wind reports, 19 floods, 16 lightning strikes and 4 flash floods. They killed 0 people and injured 61, and the NWS estimated $29.3 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 104 mph, on May 21, 1996.
May 21, 1996: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Hanson — 60 injured, $4.0 million damage.
May 8, 2010: lightning strike 5 miles from the centre of Hanson — 1 injured.
March 14, 2010: flood 6 miles from the centre of Hanson — $16.1 million damage.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Plymouth County, which includes Hanson, has been named in 32 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1972, 21 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 hurricanes, 7 severe storms, 6 snowstorms, 5 floods). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm, on April 18, 2022. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Plymouth County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for coastal flooding; Relatively High for strong wind and lightning; Relatively Moderate for hurricanes, inland flooding and heat waves; Relatively Low for tornadoes; Very Low for hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $114.3 million a year, the 6th highest of 14 Massachusetts counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $71.4 million (62%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.