Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Massachusetts, January 10 to 11, 2009

Name: Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Massachusetts, January 10 to 11, 2009
Start: 2009-01-10T19:00
End: 2009-01-11T10:30
Location: Massachusetts

January 10 to 11, 2009 · NWS ALY · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A developing low pressure system tracked northeast from the lower Ohio Valley on Saturday January 10th, into central Pennsylvania Saturday night, and then east to a position off the New England coast by Sunday morning, January 11th. This low pressure system spread moderate to locally heavy snowfall across the Berkshires, beginning early Saturday evening, and ending Sunday morning.

Where it happened

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Winter weather
Heat and drought
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 ALY wrote it up.

This low pressure system spread moderate to locally heavy snowfall across the Berkshires, beginning early Saturday evening, and ending Sunday morning.

Snowfall amounts generally ranged from 5 to 10 inches, with the greatest amounts occurring across northeast portions of Berkshire County.

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 Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 10, 6:23 PM EST, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 6:23 PM EST, 37 minutes before

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Event by event

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

Heavy Snow, Northern Berkshire

When: January 10, 7:00 PM EST to January 11, 10:30 AM EST
Where: Northern Berkshire forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 42.371, -73.206 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Southern Berkshire

When: January 10, 7:00 PM EST to January 11, 9:00 AM EST
Where: Southern Berkshire forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 42.371, -73.206 (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 2009 Every state in 2009 This day in weather history Warnings in Massachusetts, January 2009

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: 151265, 151266.