Blizzard — Eastern Essex, Massachusetts

2022-01-28 to 2022-01-29 · Eastern Essex, Massachusetts

Event narrative

The Beverly Airport ASOS (KBVY) med blizzard conditions from 853 AM EST to 1153 AM EST, from 1225 PM EST to 201 PM EST, from 253 PM EST to 353 PM EST, and from 453 PM EST to 526 PM EST. The highest gust from KBVY was 63 mph at 232 PM EST. The highest gust in the zone was 76 mph at 125 PM EST in Rockport. Winds generally gusted from 40 to 65 mph. Snowfall generally ranged from 14 to 21 inches. The highest amount was 21 inches reported in Danvers. In Essex at 128 PM EST power lines were down on Route 133 northbound.

Wider weather episode

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_id 1002600. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.