Blizzard — Eastern Plymouth, Massachusetts

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

Event narrative

The Marshfield Airport's ASOS (KGHG) reported blizzard conditions from 435 AM EST to 315 PM EST and again from 415 PM EST to 515 PM EST. KGHG reported a gust to 60 mph at 135 PM EST and the Plymouth Airport ASOS (KPYM) gusted to 55 mph at 653 AM EST. The strongest gust was 65 mph in Hull at 908 AM EST. Snowfall was generally from 18 to 23 inches. The highest amount reported was 23 inches in Hingham. In Hanson at 450 AM EST a tree was down on wires on Cross St. In Plymouth at 637 AM EST powerlines were down on South Russell St in Plymouth. In Duxbury at 736 AM EST there was a large tree down on wires on Congress St at Union St. In Marshfield at 1206 AM EST 1 inch tree limbs were broken and shingles were blown off.

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 1002773. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.