Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Massachusetts, January 23, 2006

Name: Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Massachusetts, January 23, 2006
Start: 2006-01-23T10:45
End: 2006-01-23T12:45
Location: Massachusetts

January 23, 2006 · NWS BOX · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

A snowstorm brought heavy, wet snow to portions of Massachusetts, especially interior eastern Massachusetts on 23 January 2006. Interior eastern Massachusetts received about 7 inches of snow.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $40,000
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.

A snowstorm brought heavy, wet snow to portions of Massachusetts, especially interior eastern Massachusetts on 23 January 2006. Interior eastern Massachusetts received about 7 inches of snow. The heavy, wet snow downed trees, numerous branches, and wires across Eastern Massachusetts. For example, in Andover, a tree and wires came down on Concord Street. Wires came down in Methuen and Danvers, and numerous large branches is Hingham, were brought down from the weight of the snow. No known injuries directly resulted from this snowstorm.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 23, 8:44 AM EST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 23, 8:44 AM EST, 2 hours 1 minute before

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The radar

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Event by event

2 winter weather, 1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Western Essex

When: January 23, 10:45 AM EST to 11:45 AM EST
Where: Western Essex forecast zone
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 42.639, -70.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Eastern Plymouth / Also Part of Norfolk

When: January 23, 10:50 AM EST to 11:50 AM EST
Where: Eastern Plymouth / Also Part of Norfolk forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 42.079, -70.960 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Eastern Essex

When: January 23, 11:45 AM EST to 12:45 PM EST
Where: Eastern Essex forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 42.639, -70.868 (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.
Winter Weather: Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Massachusetts in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Massachusetts, January 2006

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: 5488344, 5488346, 5488345.