Mass. hit with hurricane force winds Friday. Here’s where it blew the strongest

Strong winds blew through Massachusetts on Friday, with some gusts so powerful they knocked down trees and caused utility damage.

An 81 mph wind gust was recorded Friday from the Blue Hill Observatory station in Milton, according to forecasters.

At one point during the day, there were 67,514 power outages reported by National Grid, Eversource, Unitil and municipal electrical service providers, according to the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) outage map.

Below are the highest winds reported to the National Weather Service.

Mass. towns with at least 60 mph winds

• Milton, Norfolk County — 81 mph

• Hull, Plymouth County — 67 mph

• Boston (Logan Airport), Suffolk County — 64 mph

• Westport, Bristol County — 64 mph

• Wareham, Plymouth County — 62 mph

• Wrentham, Norfolk County — 60 mph

Mass. towns with at least 50 mph winds

• Falmouth, Barnstable County — 59 mph

• Norwood, Norfolk County — 59 mph

• Duxbury, Plymouth County — 59 mph

• West Falmouth, Barnstable County — 57 mph

• Worcester, Worcester County — 56 mph

• New Bedford, Bristol County — 56 mph

• Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County — 56 mph

• South Boston, Suffolk County — 55 mph

• Dennis, Barnstable County — 54 mph

• Plymouth, Plymouth County — 52 mph

• Provincetown, Barnstable County — 51 mph

• West Dennis, Barnstable County — 51 mph

• Salem, Essex County — 51 mph

• Nantucket, Nantucket County — 51 mph

• Swampscott, Essex County — 50 mph

Mass. towns with at least 40 mph winds

• Barnstable, Barnstable County — 49 mph

• Wellfleet, Barnstable County — 49 mph

• Chatham, Barnstable County — 49 mph

• Taunton, Bristol County — 49 mph

• Marshfield, Plymouth County — 49 mph

• East Falmouth, Barnstable County — 48 mph

• Mansfield, Bristol County — 47 mph

• Beverly, Essex County — 47 mph

• Attleboro, Bristol County — 46 mph

• Cambridge, Middlesex County — 46 mph

• Needham, Norfolk County — 46 mph

• Fitchburg, Worcester County — 46 mph

More weather

• Mass. weather: Gusty winds return Saturday night

• Wind advisory issued for Berkshire County until Saturday morning – gusts as high as 55 mph

• Weather alert active for Berkshire County until Friday night

• Blustery weekend ahead across Massachusetts, temperatures plummet Monday

• Wind advisory affecting 8 Massachusetts counties until Saturday morning – wind gusts reaching 50 mph

Read the original article on MassLive . Add MassLive as a Preferred Source by clicking here .