A low pressure passing southeast of New England brought widespread snow, mainly to central and eastern MA. Snow began around midnight and continued into Friday with the period of greatest snow accumulation in the early to late morning hours.
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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 BOX wrote it up.
A low pressure passing southeast of New England brought widespread snow, mainly to central and eastern MA. Snow began around midnight and continued into Friday with the period of greatest snow accumulation in the early to late morning hours. This impacted travel during the morning commute. 10 to 14 inches fell in the I-95 corridor.
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 6, 10:07 PM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
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13 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Snowfall amounts ranged from 4 to 9 inches with the highest amount being 9 inches in Spencer.
Snowfall amounts ranged from 7 to 12 inches with the highest amount (12 inches) reported in Natick.
Snowfall amounts ranged from 6 to 8 inches, with the highest amount (8 inches) in Topsfield.
Snowfall amounts ranged from 7 to 12 inches with the highest report (12 inches) coming from Salem.
Snowfall ranged from 6 to 12 inches with the highest amount (12 inches) falling in Northbridge and Douglas.
Snowfall generally ranged from 10 to 14 inches with the highest report (14.4 inches) coming from Westwood.
Snowfall generally ranged from 5 to 8 inches. The highest report (8.7 inches) came from west Newton.
Snowfall generally ranged from 9 to 13 inches with the highest amount (13.2 inches) reported in Jamaica Plain.
Snowfall generally ranged from 9 to 15 inches with the highest amount (15.2 inches) coming from the Blue Hill Observatory.
Snowfall ranged from 6 to 9.5 inches with the highest amount (9.5 inches) coming from Mansfield.
Snowfall ranged from 6 to 9 inches with the highest amount (8.8 inches) reported in Whitman. Amounts were highest in northern Plymouth county (8-9 inches) than southern (4 to 6 inches).
Snowfall ranged from 5 to 12 inches with the highest amount (12 inches) reported in Hingham. Snowfall was higher in the north (8-12 inches) than the south (4-6 inches).
Snowfall ranged from 6 to 7 inches with the highest amount (6.8 inches) reported in Marion.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Massachusetts in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in Massachusetts, January 2022
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: 1001593, 1001597, 1001643, 1001644, 1001645, 1001646, 1001647, 1001651, 1001652, 1001653, 1001654, 1001655, 1001656.