Massachusetts, 2025Heavy 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.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
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- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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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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</html>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.
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
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