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Find Out Who Woke Up To Nearly 10 Inches Of Snow Saturday Morning Across Massachusetts

A large portion of Worcester County got slammed with 6 inches or more of snow with much lesser amounts closer to Greater Boston.

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The snow came in very heavy bursts, with rates at 2 to 3 inches per hour early Saturday morning. Roads in central Massachusetts were closed for a time because of crashes and rapidly accumulating snow.
The snow came in very heavy bursts, with rates at 2 to 3 inches per hour early Saturday morning. Roads in central Massachusetts were closed for a time because of crashes and rapidly accumulating snow. (Scott Souza/Patch)

MASSACHUSETTS — A stunning spring snowstorm dropped nearly 10 inches of heavy wet snow across a large region of interior Massachusetts overnight in one of the biggest April snowfalls in recent memory for that part of the state.

Areas that were forecast to get between 1 and 3 inches of snow were blasted with 6 inches or more, with Princeton (near Wachusett Mountain) checking in at 9 inches and Ashburnham in far northern Worcester County piling up 8 inches of snow, along with Holden closer to Worcester.

The snow came in very heavy bursts, with rates at 2 to 3 inches per hour early Saturday morning. Roads in central Massachusetts — including I-190 and Route 2 in the Gardner and Westminster stretch — were closed for a time because of crashes and rapidly accumulating snow.

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Most of Greater Boston received little to no snow, with only a coating on grassy surfaces.

A very snowy scene greeted residents in Fitchburg and surrounding communities in north central Massachusetts on Saturday morning. (Scott Souza/Patch)

Here are some of the top snowfalls in the region, according to CBS Boston and other media reports:

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  • 9 inches — Princeton
  • 8 inches — Ashburnam
  • 8 inches — Holden
  • 7.4 inches — Sterling
  • 7 inches — Fitchburg
  • 7 inches — Gardner
  • 7 inches — Holden
  • 7 inches — Rutland
  • 6 inches — Hubbardston
  • 6 inches — Plainville
  • 5.5 inches — Townsend
  • 5 inches — Grafton
  • 5 inches — Ashfield
  • 5 inches — Baldwinville
  • 5 inches — Becket
  • 3.5 inches — Westborough
The good news for areas that got buried is that the snow will not stick around long as temperatures are expected to soar well into the 60s by Monday and Tuesday. Before that, however, it will be a raw and wintry day with highs in the 30s and occasional drizzle on Saturday before rain moves in overnight and leads to a Sunday washout in coastal Massachusetts — with some breaks in the precipitation in interior areas that got walloped with snow — and highs in the 40s.

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