What the record says
On 9 June 1953, a tornado touched down near Framingham, Massachusetts. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 34.9 miles long and up to 900 yards wide, rated F4 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 94 people and injured 1,228. That makes it the 4th deadliest tornado in the record, which runs from 1950.
- F4Fujita rating
- 94deaths
- 1,228injuries
- 34.9 mipath length
- 900 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it was rated 4 or 5 and it killed three or more people.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
The start point was at 42.47, -72.17 and the end point at 42.30, -71.52 (latitude, longitude).
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in Massachusetts
- East Nassau, New York tornado28 August 1973, F4, 4 deaths, 36 injuries, 9.8 miles long
- Great Barrington, Massachusetts tornado29 May 1995, F4, 3 deaths, 24 injuries, 11.5 miles long
- Thompsonville, Connecticut tornado3 October 1979, F4, 3 deaths, 500 injuries, 11.3 miles long
- Springfield, Massachusetts tornado1 June 2011, EF3, 3 deaths, 200 injuries, 37.6 miles long
- Leominster, Massachusetts tornado3 October 1970, F3, 1 death, 35.4 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 1953
- Flushing, Michigan tornado8 June 1953, F5, 116 deaths, 844 injuries, 18.9 miles long
- Waco, Texas tornado11 May 1953, F5, 114 deaths, 597 injuries, 20.9 miles long
- Vicksburg, Mississippi tornado5 December 1953, F5, 38 deaths, 270 injuries, 9 miles long
- Warner Robins, Georgia tornado30 April 1953, F4, 18 deaths, 300 injuries, 1 mile long
- Cleveland, Ohio tornado8 June 1953, F4, 17 deaths, 379 injuries, 118 miles long
All tornadoes of 1953 · Massachusetts tornado history · All notable tornadoes