![]() ![]() Ski country could get 18 inches of snow and the white stuff could hang around into Christmas Day - giving the Bay State a white Christmas. The next highest totals are in Fitchburg (15.5), Sharon (15.4), Milton (15.2), Greenfield (15), and Grafton (14.6).īelow-freezing temperatures will extend through the weekend, so any rain-snow mix will ice up. The top snowfall total so far in Massachusetts is in the Berkshires with 17 inches recorded in Goshen. The last flurries are due to blow out to sea by 8 p.m. Officials are monitoring the high tide Thursday afternoon. “Please #slowdown when operating around the plow trucks and give them extra room.”Īlong the Massachusetts coast, there have been reports of minor flooding with some wave splash along shore roads, Megnia said. ![]() “Fortunately, there are no injuries,” State Police tweeted. Troopers responded to a rollover crash involving a New Hampshire Department of Transportation plow truck. In New Hampshire, State Police responded to more than 100 crashes and disabled vehicles. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has deployed about 3,000 pieces of equipment. If you must go out, build in extra time, take it slow and don’t crowd the plow.” Charlie Baker tweeted, “This drop in temperatures across central + eastern MA creates the risk for a flash freeze that will make conditions even more difficult in addition to the snow. Let's just say we COULD be looking at some ice or snow.Gov. As for Friday, well, that's another blog for another day. We start to warm things up by midweek, we should get into the 40's Wednesday and Thursday. It will be cold for the next few days, but bright and dry. Thankfully we get several days to catch our breath. ![]() Swampscott and Danvers were among several towns north of Boston that ended up with more than 2 feet of snow. Places like Sharon, Whitman, Rockland and Norton all received over two feet of snow, some topping the 30" mark! Not to be outdone, the North Shore also had some whopping totals. The jackpot with this storm was just south of Boston thanks to a semi-stationary, intense snow band which dropped 1-to-3" per hour for most of the day. This winter has been absolutely crazy - 97% of the total snowfall for the entire season has fallen on two days, January 7th and January 29th.īreaking it down even further, you could say 97% of our snowfall this season in Boston has fallen in about 15 hours! Incredible! With 35.9" this month, January 2022 will go in the books tied with January 1978 for the fourth snowiest January on recordīoston now sits at 36.3" for the season, more than a foot above the average snow to date.It was 4.1 inches shy of the 27.6" that fell in February of 2003, the top dog on the list. Seventh biggest all-time snowstorm (of any month) in Boston.27, 2015 storm which dropped 24.6 inches. Second biggest snowstorm in January history in Boston.The old record was 3.7 inches in 1928 (kind of a lame record, I know) While we didn't break any of the big records in Boston, this storm does have a place in the record books: Had that not happened, we may had recorded an official blizzard in Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown and Smithfield, Rhode Island as well. Many of the NWS stations stopped reporting mid-storm (likely taken out by the wind). And, all of this has to occur for at least three consecutive hours. To qualify, you must record visibilities equal to or less than quarter of a mile from either falling or blowing snow along with frequent wind gusts to 35 mph or more. ![]()
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