Winter Storm — Northern Bristol, Massachusetts

2022-01-28 to 2022-01-29 · Northern Bristol, Massachusetts

Event narrative

Snowfall generally ranged from 18 inches to 24 inches. The highest snowfall report was 24 inches at the NWS office in Norton. Winds gusted generally 40 to 55 mph with the strongest gust being 71 mph at 1133 AM at the Taunton Airport ASOS (KTAN).

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 1002615. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.