NOAA STORM EVENTS · COMPLETE YEARS 2016–2025HISTORICAL REPORTS, NOT A FORECAST OR RISK SCORE
STORM EVENTLEDGERCOUNTY REPORTS · SEASONALITY · IMPACT
EVENT FILE / 25013MINIMUM 5 REPORTS

HAMPDEN · MA

Lightning history

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

Reports6NOAA county-coded rows
Population context1.3per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 462,815
Injuries0direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
Not a probability

6 reports in ten years does not mean a 0.6-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.

01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR

How the record changed

20171
20182
20191
20201
20231
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$42Knot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$0not inflation-adjusted
First report year2,017within selected window
Latest report year2,023within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE

Latest records in this slice

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DateEvent IDSourceMagnitude / scaleFiled damage
2023-07-27NOAA 1,114,485Amateur Radio$5K
2020-08-23NOAA 916,265Amateur Radio$2K
2019-04-15NOAA 813,466Amateur Radio$500
2018-07-03NOAA 765,402Airplane Pilot$2K
2018-06-18NOAA 751,762Amateur Radio$30K
2017-07-18NOAA 712,181Amateur Radio$2K
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