A strong coastal storm moved up the east coast and over Nantucket bringing a heavy wet snow to much of the area. This resulted in tree damage and scattered power outages across the region.
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The episode as NWS BOX wrote it up.
A strong coastal storm moved up the east coast and over Nantucket bringing a heavy wet snow to much of the area. This resulted in tree damage and scattered power outages across the region.
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 Nov 26, 6:53 AM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
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6 heavy snow, 3 winter weather, 2 strong wind, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Four to five inches of snow fell across eastern Hampshire County. The heavy wet snow brought down trees and wires in Northampton, Hatfield, and Granby.
Ten to sixteen inches of snow fell across western Franklin county. The heavy wet snow brought down trees and wires in Conway, Colrain, Shelburne, and Charlemont.
Six to ten inches of snow fell across eastern Franklin County. The heavy wet snow brought down trees and wires in Leverett, Northfield, Deerfield, Greenfield, Sunderland, New Salem, Bernardston, Whately, Gill, Wendell, Erving, and Montague.
Three to fourteen inches of snow fell across northern Worcester County. The heavy wet snow brought down trees and wires in Lunenburg, Ashburnham, Athol, and Rutland. Heavy snow brought a tree down through the roof of a house on Massachusetts Avenue in Lunenburg.
Twelve to fifteen inches of snow fell across western Hampshire County. The heavy wet snow brought down telephone wires in Huntington and trees in Williamsburg, Huntington, Worthington, and Goshen.
Four to eight inches of snow fell across eastern Hampden County. The heavy wet snow brought trees down in Holyoke, Southwick, and Springfield.
Five to nine inches of snow fell across northwestern Middlesex County. The heavy wet snow brought down trees in Shirley and Townsend.
Two to six inches of snow fell across western Middlesex County. Heavy wet snow downed trees and wires in Littleton, Billerica, and Tyngsboro.
Three to five inches of snow fell across western Essex County. The heavy wet snow brought down a small tree in Andover.
The Automated Surface Observation System at Nantucket Memorial Airport (KACK) recorded sustained wind speeds of 40 mph. No damage was reported.
A tree was downed in Marion, blocking Route 6 eastbound.
Wires were downed onto Washington Street in Abington. A tree was downed onto wires on Oak Street in Plympton.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Massachusetts in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Massachusetts, November 2014
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: 549948, 549738, 549739, 549740, 549741, 549742, 549743, 549945, 549944, 549750, 549946, 549947.