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Winter Storm in Southeast Middlesex, Massachusetts
Winter Storm January 28, 2022 – January 29, 2022 · Southeast Middlesex, Massachusetts
What the National Weather Service wrote
Snowfall generally ranged from 11 inches to 19 inches. The highest amount was 19.1 inches reported in Lexington. Winds gusted 35 to 45 mph with the strongest gusts to 54 mph at 155 PM EST in Medford and 47 mph at 1102 AM EST at Lake Quannapowitt in Wakefield.
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 1002607. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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