NOAA STORM EVENTS · COMPLETE YEARS 2016–2025HISTORICAL REPORTS, NOT A FORECAST OR RISK SCORE
STORM EVENTLEDGERCOUNTY REPORTS · SEASONALITY · IMPACT
EVENT FILE / 25011MINIMUM 5 REPORTS

FRANKLIN · MA

Lightning history

NOAA records coded as Lightning in Franklin during the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.

Reports8NOAA county-coded rows
Population context11.3per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 70,944
Injuries3direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
Not a probability

8 reports in ten years does not mean a 0.8-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.

01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR

How the record changed

20186
20191
20251
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES

Impact fields on these rows

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

Property damage$40Knot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$0not inflation-adjusted
First report year2,018within selected window
Latest report year2,025within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE

Latest records in this slice

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DateEvent IDSourceMagnitude / scaleFiled damage
2025-06-06NOAA 1,251,782Fire Department/Rescue$5K
2019-07-06NOAA 836,158Fire Department/Rescue$0
2018-08-17NOAA 782,860Amateur Radio$8K
2018-08-17NOAA 782,857Amateur Radio$8K
2018-08-17NOAA 782,856Amateur Radio$6K
2018-08-03NOAA 778,067Amateur Radio$8K
2018-07-05NOAA 765,406Amateur Radio$5K
2018-05-15NOAA 748,706Amateur Radio$1K
READING THE RECORD

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