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Heavy Snow in Western Middlesex, Massachusetts

Heavy Snow January 28, 2022 – January 29, 2022 · Western Middlesex, Massachusetts

What the National Weather Service wrote

Snowfall ranged from 11 to 17 inches. The highest amount was 17 inches in Lowell.

The wider storm

Explosive cyclogenesis of a low pressure center off the Mid Atlantic coast brought a strong winter storm with blizzard conditions to all of southern New England Saturday and Saturday night. The storm tracked from east of the Carolinas to the 70w/40n benchmark bringing extreme snowfall rates of 2 to 4 inches per hour and winds gusting to hurricane force along the coast and 50 to 60 mph inland. The heaviest snow, just under 30 inches, fell over southeast MA. Snow tapered off overnight Saturday with quiet weather to follow on Sunday.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1002597. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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