Tornado History Map

Barnstable County, Massachusetts tornado history

8 tornadoes recorded in or across Barnstable County from 1968 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 Barnstable County

The Storm Prediction Center records 8 tornadoes whose paths touched Barnstable County, Massachusetts between 1968 and 2023. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is July, with 3 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF1 on 23 July 2019. The most recent was on 8 August 2023.

  • 8tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 2injuries
  • 203per 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 Barnstable County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0338%
F1 / EF1563%
F2 / EF200%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Barnstable County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in 2010s.1960s11970s12010s42020s2

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

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PeriodCount
1960s1
1970s1
2010s4
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in Jul.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun0Jul3Aug3Sep1Oct1Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun0
Jul3
Aug3
Sep1
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Barnstable County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Massachusetts tornado23 July 2019, EF1, 5.5 miles long
  • Most recent: Massachusetts tornado8 August 2023, EF0, 1.2 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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