From January 2 through January 3, low pressure moved eastward from the central Mississippi Valley to the northern Atlantic coast, then out to sea. The air mass over eastern New York and adjacent western New England was maginally cold enough for snow to occur.
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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 episode as NWS ALY wrote it up.
From January 2 through January 3, low pressure moved eastward from the central Mississippi Valley to the northern Atlantic coast, then out to sea. The air mass over eastern New York and adjacent western New England was maginally cold enough for snow to occur. Some locations had heavy snowfall, others had the snow accumulation cut down when the snow mixed with, or changed to rain.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
On January 3, 10 to 13 inches of snow accumulated in southern Berkshire County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Massachusetts in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Massachusetts, January 2006
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: 5488764.