Weekend Winter Storm Hits Differently Across North Shore

BEVERLY, MA — The North Shore shaped up as one of the battleground locations across the state for this weekend's winter storm with some areas along the coast receiving very little snow, while those just a few miles inland extended parking restrictions into Monday after getting nearly a foot of snow.

Both Salem and Swampscott lifted their respective snow emergency parking bans early Sunday with Swampscott lifting its ban at 7 a.m. and Salem lifting its ban at noon with little accumulation overnight. Marblehead did not declare an overnight ban for Sunday.

Beverly, however, extended its ban until Monday morning.

"Crews continue to make progress but will need to continue through the night in order to have streets clear for the morning commute," Beverly Engineering Commission Michael Collins said in a robocall to the community on Sunday. "This makes it necessary to continue the parking ban until tomorrow morning at 7.

"We do appreciate your patience as we understand it is an inconvenience. It will be quite cold tonight so watch out for ice tomorrow."

Peabody was to lift its snow emergency parking ban at 11 p.m. on Sunday after getting 8 inches of snow while neighboring Danvers reported 9 inches of snow with its parking ban still in place Sunday night.

The highest totals across the state were found in the Merrimack Valley, northern Worcester County and far northwestern Middlesex County.

According to the National Weather Service, 18 inches of snow were reported in Haverhill as of 7 p.m. on Sunday with 17 inches reported in Groveland.

Dunstable reported 17.5 inches in Middlesex County with Pepperell checking in at 16.2 inches.

Lunenberg reported 17.1 inches in Worcester County with Harvard at 16 inches and Leominster at 15.9 inches as of 7 p.m.

(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.)