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Heavy Snow in Western Franklin, Massachusetts
Heavy Snow January 16, 2022 – January 17, 2022 · Western Franklin, Massachusetts
What the National Weather Service wrote
Snowfall amounts ranged from 6 to 14 inches with the greatest amount (14.2 inches) reported in East Hawley.
The wider storm
A strong low pressure system moved up the eastern seaboard Sunday night into Monday bringing heavy snow to western and central Massachusetts and snow changing to rain elsewhere. Strong winds caused some damage and there were some coastal flooding issues as well. Snow overspread the region between 10pm and 2 am before quickly changing to rain across most of CT, RI, and eastern MA. Strong to damaging winds impacted the south coast late Sunday night into Monday morning with moderate coastal flooding during the Mon morning high tide.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1001680. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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