Alert archive / Massachusetts / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Massachusetts, 2020
8 winter storm watches in 2020. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 8
- Busiest month
- December4 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- January 17, 20202 winter storm watches
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 3:35 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 12 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:46 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 11 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:28 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 11 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:46 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 12 hr |
| Dec 3, 3:39 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 24 hr |
| Dec 3, 3:52 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 35 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:40 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 24 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:45 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 6 more | 36 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.