Heavy Snow, Western Franklin
- When
- December 30, 1:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Franklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.583, -72.592 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, December 30, 2000
The season's first winter storm dumped up to a foot of snow across western and central Massachusetts. Since the storm occurred on a Saturday, no major problems with travel were noted, aside from flight delays at Worcester Regional Airport.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 11 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BOX wrote it up.
The season's first winter storm dumped up to a foot of snow across western and central Massachusetts. Since the storm occurred on a Saturday, no major problems with travel were noted, aside from flight delays at Worcester Regional Airport. The axis of highest snowfall totals, around one foot, ran from the east slopes of the Berkshires in Hampshire and Hampden Counties across much of Worcester County and into northern Middlesex County. From the immediate Boston area to the south shore, snow changed to rain after 1 to 4 inches of accumulation.Some snowfall totals reported include 12 inches in Palmer, Townsend, Westford, Fitchburg, and Spencer; 10 to 11 inches in Holland, Southwick, Northampton, Littleton, Tyngsboro, Worcester, and Sturbridge; 8 to 10 inches in Leverett, Chicopee, West Springfield, Amherst, Hopkinton, and Westboro; and 6 to 8 inches in Sunderland, Agawam, Williamsburg, Lowell, Bellingham, and West Brookfield.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
11 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Eastern Franklin
- When
- December 30, 1:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Franklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.583, -72.592 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Eastern Hampden
- When
- December 30, 1:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Hampden forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.135, -72.632 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Eastern Hampshire
- When
- December 30, 1:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Hampshire forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.340, -72.664 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Northern Worcester
- When
- December 30, 1:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Worcester forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.351, -71.908 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern Worcester
- When
- December 30, 1:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Worcester forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.351, -71.908 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Western Essex
- When
- December 30, 1:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Essex forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.639, -70.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Western Hampden
- When
- December 30, 1:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Hampden forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.135, -72.632 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Western Hampshire
- When
- December 30, 1:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Hampshire forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.340, -72.664 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Western Middlesex
- When
- December 30, 1:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Middlesex forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.486, -71.392 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Western Norfolk
- When
- December 30, 1:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Norfolk forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.171, -71.184 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, December 30 to 31, 2000
- Winter Storm in New York, December 30 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New Jersey, December 30, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Maine, December 30 to 31, 2000
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New York, December 30, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, December 30 to 31, 2000
- Winter Storm in Maine, December 30 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 30 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, December 30 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 30, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New Jersey, December 30, 2000
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, December 30, 2000
More
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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: 5168271, 5168361, 5168758, 5168759, 5168760, 5168761, 5168762, 5168763, 5168764, 5168765, 5168766.