NOAA STORM EVENTS · COMPLETE YEARS 2016–2025HISTORICAL REPORTS, NOT A FORECAST OR RISK SCORE
STORM EVENTLEDGERCOUNTY REPORTS · SEASONALITY · IMPACT
EVENT FILE / 25009MINIMUM 5 REPORTS

ESSEX · MA

Lightning history

NOAA recorded 10 county-coded Lightning reports in Essex, MA, from 2016 through 2025, with 0 reported injuries, 0 reported fatalities, and $79K in filed damage.

Source: NOAA Storm Events details table · Complete years 2016–2025 · Compiled 16 Sep 2026

Reports10NOAA county-coded rows
Population context1.2per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 813,054
Injuries0direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
How to read the count

10 reports in ten years does not mean a 1.0-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.

01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR

Lightning in Essex reports by year

NOAA recorded 10 Lightning in Essex reports across the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.

20171
20182
20191
20202
20211
20222
20231
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES

Recorded impacts for Lightning in Essex

The Lightning in Essex records contain 0 injuries, 0 fatalities, $79K in property damage, and $0 in crop damage.

Damage estimates are nominal values as filed by the reporting source and retained by NOAA.

Property damage$79Knot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$0not inflation-adjusted
First report year2,017within selected window
Latest report year2,023within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE

Latest Lightning in Essex source records

NOAA supplied 8 recent Lightning in Essex source rows with dates, event IDs, report sources, magnitude fields, and filed damage.

Up to eight latest rows are shown for auditability. Open NOAA for complete narratives and revisions.

Latest NOAA Lightning records for Essex
DateEvent IDSourceMagnitude / scaleFiled damage
2023-06-09NOAA 1,097,886Amateur Radio—$5K
2022-08-07NOAA 1,046,572Amateur Radio—$10K
2022-06-29NOAA 1,026,696Amateur Radio—$5K
2021-06-08NOAA 955,430Amateur Radio—$10K
2020-07-23NOAA 908,369Amateur Radio—$3K
2020-03-29NOAA 874,059Newspaper—$1K
2019-06-30NOAA 825,548Amateur Radio—$15K
2018-06-18NOAA 751,787Amateur Radio—$5K
READING THE RECORD

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A NOAA record count describes reports entered for a place and period. It does not estimate the chance, severity, or location of a future event. For active hazards, use your local National Weather Service office and official alerts.