Massachusetts, 2025

Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, January 19 to 20, 2025

January 19 to 20, 2025 · NWS BOX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

S. on the 19th, strengthening as it passed southeast of southern New England.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 BOX wrote it up.

A nor'easter moved up the east coast of the U.S. on the 19th, strengthening as it passed southeast of southern New England. This system was largely unremarkable with mostly sub-warning snowfall amounts in the 4-6 inch range. The exception was in far northeastern MA where 6-7 inches fell. Totals decreased toward Cape Cod canal and on the Cape only less than an inch was measured as precipitation fell as rain for most of the event. This event happened from late Sunday evening through before sunrise Monday morning causing some minimal slow downs but the fact that it was a holiday weekend helped reduce the impact.

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 Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 19, 3:20 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 3:20 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Western Franklin

When
January 19, 5:00 PM EST to January 20, 5:00 AM EST
Where
Western Franklin forecast zone
Reported by
Amateur Radio
Coordinates
42.583, -72.592 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Generally 6-8 inches of snow fell with some of the highest amounts including 7.9 inches in Conway, 7.8 inches in Ashfield, and 7.2 inches in East Hawley.

What these are

Heavy Snow
Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1223637.