# Tornadoes in Massachusetts since 1950: 192, #36 in the US (Map + Data) | InstaMaps

> Massachusetts has 192 tornadoes (0.3% of the US), #36 by count and #45 per person. From NOAA Storm Prediction Center Severe Weather Database. Map to embed, CSV download.

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# Tornadoes in Massachusetts since 1950

Massachusetts has recorded **192 tornadoes since 1950**: 0.3% of the US total of 73,424\. That ranks **#36 by count** and **#45 per person** (2.69 per 100,000 residents) of 51.

## Key takeaways

* Massachusetts has recorded 192 tornadoes since 1950, 0.3% of the US total of 73,424.
* That ranks #36 of 51 by count and #45 per person (2.69 per 100,000 residents).
* Texas has the most, with 9,610.
* Massachusetts’s busiest year was 1958, with 12 tornadoes; it averages 2.5 a year.
* 2 were rated F4/EF4 or stronger.
* Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center Severe Weather Database, 1950–2025.

#45

national rank (per capita)

192

tornadoes

2.69

per 100k residents

## The data

Source: [NOAA Storm Prediction Center Severe Weather Database](https://www.spc.noaa.gov/wcm/), 1950–2025\. Each tornado at its touchdown point, in the state NOAA records for it. The rating is F-scale before February 2007 and EF-scale after. The 2025 figures can still be revised.

Licence: U.S. government data: no copyright, free to reuse

[Massachusetts: 192 rows (CSV)](/downloads/tornadoes/massachusetts.csv)[All of the US (CSV)](/downloads/tornadoes/us.csv)

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## Massachusetts tornado history, 1950–2025

### By decade

1950s39

1960s35

1970s33

1980s16

1990s14

2000s9

2010s25

2020s21

### By strength

| F0/EF0  | 54 |
| ------- | -- |
| F1/EF1  | 96 |
| F2/EF2  | 34 |
| F3/EF3  | 6  |
| F4/EF4  | 2  |
| F5/EF5  | 0  |
| Unrated | 0  |

F-scale before February 2007, Enhanced Fujita (EF) after. Busiest year: 1958 (12).

### The strongest: every F4/EF4 and F5/EF5 in Massachusetts, newest first

1995-05-29 · F41953-06-09 · F4

## Cite this

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