{"id":4925,"date":"2025-06-26T05:35:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T09:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.weatheramerica.com\/?p=4925"},"modified":"2025-06-27T04:14:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T08:14:11","slug":"weather-alert-massachusetts-heat-wave-knocks-out-power-statewide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/2025\/06\/26\/weather-alert-massachusetts-heat-wave-knocks-out-power-statewide\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather alert Massachusetts: Heat wave knocks out power statewide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4926\" src=\"http:\/\/us.weatheramerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Massachusetts_2606.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Massachusetts_2606.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Massachusetts_2606-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Massachusetts_2606-860x484.jpg 860w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Massachusetts_2606-260x146.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thousands of customers across Massachusetts<\/strong> were left <strong>without electricity<\/strong> on <strong>Tuesday night<\/strong>, as the state endured its <strong>hottest day of the year<\/strong> \u2014 and one of the most extreme heat events in decades.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By <strong>10:00 p.m.<\/strong>, the <strong>Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency<\/strong> reported a total of <strong>13,556 power outages<\/strong>. The counties most severely impacted were <strong>Norfolk<\/strong>, <strong>Suffolk<\/strong>, and <strong>Middlesex<\/strong>, with outages especially concentrated in <strong>Westford<\/strong> and <strong>Tyngsborough<\/strong>, where <strong>more than 10 percent<\/strong> of households were left without power. In <strong>Boston<\/strong>, the largest number of reported outages hit approximately <strong>4,760 customers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The blackouts came amid a <strong>brutal heat wave<\/strong>, as temperatures soared into the <strong>triple digits<\/strong>, with the <strong>heat index reaching 110\u00b0F (43\u00b0C)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday\u2019s searing temperatures<\/strong> set a new all-time record for the <strong>month of June in Boston<\/strong>, officially making it the <strong>hottest June day ever<\/strong> documented in the city. It was also the <strong>fourth hottest day on record<\/strong> in <strong>Boston<\/strong>, and the <strong>most intense heat<\/strong> since <strong>July 1977<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of customers across Massachusetts were left without electricity on Tuesday night, as the state endured its hottest day of the year \u2014 and one of the most extreme heat events in decades. &nbsp; By 10:00 p.m., the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency reported a total of 13,556 power outages. 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