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Snowy Sunday Piles Up Across Eastern MA: See Totals
Some parts of Cape Cod got a half foot, while Boston had its first measurable snow of the season ahead of a harshly cold Monday.

MASSACHUSETTS — While it was hardly a blockbuster storm, Sunday's snow did pile up in some parts of southern and eastern Massachusetts up to 6 inches in a blanket of winter wonder.
Most of the biggest accumulations came on Cape Cod, with Eastham leading the way at 6 inches, followed by Chatham at 5.8 inches and Falmouth at 5 inches, according to National Weather Service reports.
A widespread 1 to 2 inches fell across most of the Bay State, including 1.3 inches at Boston's Logan Airport, making it the city's first measurable snow of the season.
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That snow will not be going anywhere for at least the next couple of days, with highs only in the 20s — and a brutal west wind gusting to 30 mph making it feel like the single-digits most of the day — on Monday.
Temperatures will stay cold on Tuesday with highs right about freezing before things warm up toward the end of the week.
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Highs will be in the upper 40s to near 50 degrees on both Wednesday and Thursday, and into the 50s early on Friday as rain arrives with strong southerly winds gusting to 41 mph.
Here are some of the top snow totals in MA from Sunday, according to the NWS:
- 6 inches — Eastham
- 5.8 inches — Chatham
- 5 inches — Falmouth
- 5 inches — Marstons Mills
- 4.8 inches — Plymouth
- 4.5 inches — Brewster
- 4.5 inches — Harwich
- 4 inches — Dennis
- 4 inches — Mashpee
- 4 inches — West Tisbury
- 3.7 inches — Rockland
- 3.5 inches — Middleborough
- 3.5 inches — New Bedford
- 1.6 inches — Worcester Airport
- 1.3 inches — Logan Airport, Boston
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(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)
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