Blizzard — Southern Worcester, Massachusetts

2022-01-28 to 2022-01-29 · Southern Worcester, Massachusetts

Event narrative

The Worcester Airport ASOS (KORH) reported blizzard conditions from 749 AM EST to 405 PM EST. The highest gust from from the Worcester ASOS (KORH) which gusted to 51 mph at 1030 AM EST. Snowfall generally ranged from 5 to 18 inches. The highest snowfall amount was 18.7 inches in Upton.

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 1002604. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.