Winter Storm in Massachusetts, January 2 to 3, 1999

Name: Winter Storm in Massachusetts, January 2 to 3, 1999
Start: 1999-01-02T23:00
End: 1999-01-03T19:00
Location: Massachusetts

January 2 to 3, 1999 · NWS ALY · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 winter storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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Heat and drought
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Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

The radar

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Event by event

1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Berkshire

When: January 2, 11:00 PM EST to January 3, 7:00 PM EST
Where: Berkshire forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 42.371, -73.206 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A deep low pressure area moved from the Mississippi Valley into the Great Lakes region during the night of January 2 and January 3. With arctic air in place over Western Massachusetts, a wintry mix of sleet and freezing rain resulted in significant ice accumulations across the region. Total melted precipitation exceeded an inch in portions of the Berkshires.

What these are

Winter Storm: A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Massachusetts in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in Massachusetts, January 1999

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5685531.