Heavy Snow, Western Franklin
- When
- January 6, 9:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM 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, January 6 to 7, 2002
Low pressure moving from the Carolinas to southeast New England brought heavy snow to the higher terrain of Franklin and western Hampshire Counties. Snowfall totals ranged from 6 to 8 inches.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 3
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.
Low pressure moving from the Carolinas to southeast New England brought heavy snow to the higher terrain of Franklin and western Hampshire Counties. Snowfall totals ranged from 6 to 8 inches.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Eastern Franklin
- When
- January 6, 9:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM 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, Western Hampshire
- When
- January 6, 9:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Hampshire forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.340, -72.664 (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
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 6 to 7, 2002
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, January 6 to 7, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, January 6, 2002
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 6 to 7, 2002
- Winter Storm in New York, January 6 to 7, 2002
- High Wind in Virginia, January 6, 2002
- Tornado in Maryland, January 6, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, January 6, 2002
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, January 6, 2002
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 6, 2002
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 6 to 7, 2002
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, January 6 to 7, 2002
More
Every storm in Massachusetts in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Massachusetts, January 2002
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5279321, 5279322, 5279323.