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Cold Weather Advisory 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

January 29, 202611 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this cold weather advisory at Jan 29, 2026, 12:31 AM EST for 11 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Jan 29, 2026, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 29, 2026, 12:31 AM EST (05:31 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 29, 2026, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 30, 2026, 11:00 AM EST
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this cold weather advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this cold weather advisory went out at Jan 28, 11:39 PM EST, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 11:39 PM EST, 52 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 29, 12:07 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		49 hr
Jan 29, 12:07 AM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	BOX		49 hr
Jan 29, 12:07 AM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	BOX		49 hr
Jan 29, 11:26 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		25 hr
Jan 29, 11:26 AM EST	Storm Watch	BOX		38 hr
Jan 29, 11:36 AM EST	Coastal Flood Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more	49 hr
Jan 29, 12:28 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	35 hr

Nearby

Cold Weather Advisories in Massachusetts, 2026 Cold Weather Advisories in Rhode Island, 2026 Cold Weather Advisories in Connecticut, 2026 Every cold weather advisory in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.