Tornado History Map

Franklin County, Massachusetts tornado history

26 tornadoes recorded in or across Franklin County from 1954 to 2017, 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 Franklin County

The Storm Prediction Center records 26 tornadoes whose paths touched Franklin County, Massachusetts between 1954 and 2017. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is July, with 13 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 11 July 2006. The most recent was on 25 February 2017.

  • 26tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 5injuries
  • 372per 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 Franklin County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0623%
F1 / EF11558%
F2 / EF2519%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Franklin County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in 1970s.1950s61960s51970s71980s21990s32000s12010s2

The 2010s only run to 2017, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s6
1960s5
1970s7
1980s2
1990s3
2000s1
2010s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 13 in Jul.Jan0Feb1Mar0Apr0May3Jun2Jul13Aug5Sep2Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb1
Mar0
Apr0
May3
Jun2
Jul13
Aug5
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Franklin County

  • Strongest: Massachusetts tornado11 July 2006, F2, 2.9 miles long
  • Longest path: Massachusetts tornado18 June 1970, F1, 18.7 miles long
  • Most recent: Massachusetts tornado25 February 2017, EF1, 1 injury, 4.6 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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