Heavy Snow, Western Middlesex
- When
- January 20, 9:00 PM EST to January 21, 12:00 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 in Massachusetts, January 20 to 21, 2001
Heavy snow fell over much of central and eastern Massachusetts. The highest snowfall totals were in Norfolk, Bristol, and Plymouth Counties where many reports of 10 inch storm totals were received.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 16 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
- 16
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.
Heavy snow fell over much of central and eastern Massachusetts. The highest snowfall totals were in Norfolk, Bristol, and Plymouth Counties where many reports of 10 inch storm totals were received. Since the snowstorm occurred over the weekend there was little significant impact on travel, though Logan International Airport in Boston closed for 40 minutes for snow removal. In Dartmouth, the 70-foot high Dartmouth Sports Dome collapsed under the weight of the heavy, wet snow. No one was inside the complex at the time and there were no injuries.Some snowfall totals from the storm include 11 inches in Mansfield and South Easton; 10 inches in Stoughton, South Weymouth, Plymouth, and at the National Weather Service in Taunton; 8 to 9 inches in Fairhaven, New Bedford, Walpole, Marshfield, Middleboro and Bridgewater; and 6 to 7 inches in Franklin, Cohasset, Pembroke, Worcester, Westboro, Hopkinton, Waltham, Manchester, Winthrop, Bourne, and Sandwich. Official storm totals were 6.5 inches at Worcester Regional Airport and 6 inches at Logan International Airport in Boston.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
16 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Barnstable
- When
- January 20, 9:00 PM EST to January 21, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Barnstable forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.684, -70.274 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Eastern Essex
- When
- January 20, 9:00 PM EST to January 21, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Essex forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.639, -70.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Eastern Hampden
- When
- January 20, 9:00 PM EST to January 21, 12:00 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 Norfolk
- When
- January 20, 9:00 PM EST to January 21, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Norfolk forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.171, -71.184 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Eastern Plymouth / Also Part of Norfolk
- When
- January 20, 9:00 PM EST to January 21, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Plymouth / Also Part of Norfolk forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.079, -70.960 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Northern Bristol
- When
- January 20, 9:00 PM EST to January 21, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Bristol forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.757, -71.088 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southeast Middlesex
- When
- January 20, 9:00 PM EST to January 21, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southeast Middlesex forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.486, -71.392 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern Bristol
- When
- January 20, 9:00 PM EST to January 21, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Bristol forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.757, -71.088 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern Plymouth
- When
- January 20, 9:00 PM EST to January 21, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Plymouth forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.987, -70.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern Worcester
- When
- January 20, 9:00 PM EST to January 21, 12:00 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, Suffolk / Also Part of Norfolk
- When
- January 20, 9:00 PM EST to January 21, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Suffolk / Also Part of Norfolk forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.264, -71.125 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Western Essex
- When
- January 20, 9:00 PM EST to January 21, 12:00 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
- January 20, 9:00 PM EST to January 21, 12:00 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 Norfolk
- When
- January 20, 9:00 PM EST to January 21, 12:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Western Plymouth
- When
- January 20, 9:00 PM EST to January 21, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Plymouth forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.987, -70.737 (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
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, January 20, 2001
- Winter Storm and Sleet in New Jersey, January 20 to 21, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, January 20, 2001
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New York, January 20 to 21, 2001
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, January 20 to 21, 2001
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, January 20 to 21, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 20 to 21, 2001
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, January 20 to 21, 2001
- Strong Wind in North Carolina, January 20, 2001
- Winter Weather in Georgia, January 20, 2001
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 20 to 21, 2001
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, January 20 to 21, 2001
More
Every storm in Massachusetts in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Massachusetts, January 2001
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5227970, 5227971, 5227972, 5227973, 5227974, 5227975, 5227976, 5227977, 5227978, 5227979, 5227980, 5227981, 5227982, 5227983, 5227984, 5227985.