A quick hitting winter storm brought around 12 hours of snow, centered over Connecticut, with the greatest amount of snow in Massachusetts falling on Cape Cod and the islands. This was a notoriously difficult to forecast storm passing south of 40/70 benchmark, which was a significant shift south in the final 24 hours leading up to the storm.
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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 quick hitting winter storm brought around 12 hours of snow, centered over Connecticut, with the greatest amount of snow in Massachusetts falling on Cape Cod and the islands. This was a notoriously difficult to forecast storm passing south of 40/70 benchmark, which was a significant shift south in the final 24 hours leading up to the storm. This moved the band of heavy snow well south of Boston (0.1) to Cape Cod which received 7-9 inches of snow. The heaviest snow of the storm fell in Hartford County, Connecticut where over 15 inches of snow was reported. The result was many schools and businesses in eastern MA closing and receiving little to no snow. Cape Cod had about 30,000 people lose power due to the heavy, wet nature of the snow. Winds were also strong on the Cape and islands, gusting 45 to 55 mph in the afternoon which reduced visibility in blowing snow.
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 Feb 13, 3:41 AM EST, 19 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Generally 4 to 11 inches of snow fell in Hartford County. This was the bullseye of the snow totals in southern New England. Some notable accumulations included 15.5 inches in Farmington, 15.2 inches in West Hartford, and 12.5 inches in East Windsor.
Generally 7 to 13 inches of snow fell in Tolland County. Some notable accumulations included 13 inches in Vernon, 12.5 inches in Tolland, and 12 inches in Columbia.
Generally 5 to 12 inches of snow fell in Windham County. Some notable accumulations included 12 inches in Ashford, 11.5 inches in Pomfret, and 10.2 inches in Scotland.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Connecticut in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, February 2024
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: 1153585, 1153586, 1153587.