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The June 9, 1953 F4 Tornado in Massachusetts, near Framingham

The Framingham tornado in the federal records: its 35-mile path, the toll, the 4 tornadoes of that day and the cities nearby.

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated October 26, 2026

On June 9, 1953 an F4 tornado in Massachusetts killed 94 people and injured 1,228, the 4th deadliest of the 73,458 tornadoes in the SPC record since 1950. Its path was 34.9 miles long and up to 900 yards wide. It came within 5 miles of Framingham, MA, and within 25 miles of 175 cities on this site. It was one of 4 tornadoes recorded that day in 2 states, 3 of them EF3 or stronger, which together killed 94.

Rating: F4
Killed / injured: 94 / 1,228
Path: 35 mi
Tornadoes that day: 4

FEMA declared a major disaster (7, "Tornado") on June 11, 1953, covering 1 designated area.

Cities within 25 miles of the path

Cities nearest the tornado's path
City	Distance from the path
Southborough, MA	under 1 mi
West Boylston, MA	under 1 mi
Northborough, MA	under 1 mi
Boylston, MA	1 mi
Jefferson, MA	2 mi
Rutland, MA	2 mi
Barre, MA	3 mi
Marlborough, MA	3 mi
Holden, MA	3 mi
Hubbardston, MA	3 mi
Berlin, MA	3 mi
Westborough, MA	4 mi

The nearest 12 of 175. Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database (path from start to end point), FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2. 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).

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