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How Much Snow Did Massachusetts Get In The Blizzard of '22?

Boston tied the record for the biggest one-day snowfall with a total of 23.6 inches, meanwhile, Stoughton got a whopping 30.9 inches.

Most of the south coast was hammered with strong winds and heavy flooding, making travel almost impossible before the snow even started to pile up.
Most of the south coast was hammered with strong winds and heavy flooding, making travel almost impossible before the snow even started to pile up. (Haley Cornell/Patch)

BOSTON — Everyone experienced this Saturday's nor'easter a little differently. Some were cooped up watching movies, others had to work, and others sat without power for hours as parts of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut got whacked with over two feet of snow.

Due to the strength of the winds, drifts left snow banks ranging from almost three feet to even showing the grass in some areas, making measuring the snow difficult, the NWS said, but the snowfall wasn't the biggest issue for all.

More than 24 hours after the start of the weekend's blizzard, tens of thousands of Cape Cod residents remain without power.

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As of 2:15 p.m., Sunday, 38,552 Eversource customers in Barnstable County remained in the dark.

An Eversource spokesperson in a news release Sunday said the "vast majority" of customers still in the dark will have their power restored by the end of the day Monday.

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Officials have blamed at least one fatality on conditions brought on by the storm, with no additional information on it.

Most of the south coast was hammered with strong winds and heavy flooding, making travel almost impossible before the snow even started to pile up.

But who got the most amount of snow?

According to the National Weather Service, Boston tied its record for the most amount of one-day snowfall, 23.6 inches - a feat that was last reached on Feb. 17, 2003.

Boston and parts of the South Shore were left in a snow emergency all day Saturday, where snowfall reached a rate of 2-4 inches accumulated per hour, according to Accuweather.

But as of early Sunday morning, the highest reported snowfall total was 30.9 inches in Stoughton, where snowfall was accumulating at a rate of 4+ inches per hour, Accuweather reported.

As of 8:30 p.m. Saturday, the National Weather Service reported some of the highest totals by state so far:

  • 30.4" in Sharon, MA
  • 24.6" in Warren, RI
  • 21.5" in Groton, CT

Here's how much your town got, according to Accuweather:

Andover: 12"
Attleborough: 22"
Belmont: 17.5"
Boston: 23.6"
Braintree: 23"
Brockton: 25"
Brookline: 15"
Burlington: 22.3"
Cambridge: 14"
Canton: 14.5"
Chelmsford: 15.5"
Chelsea: 24"
Danvers: 24.5"
Easton: 22"
Framingham: 12.2"
Hingham: 21"
Lexington: 16"
Milton: 22"
Mansfield: 22"
Marblehead: 20"
Marlborough: 14"
Malden: 20"
Melrose: 13.3"
Newton: 12"
Norwood: 10.3"
Norton: 23"
Pembroke: 26"
Swansea: 23.8"
Swampscott: 26.2"
Salem: 14"
Stoughton: 30.9"
Sharon: 30.4"
Wakefield: 22.4"
Waltham: 16"
Weymouth: 24"
Wellesley: 12"
Wrentham: 18"
Yarmouth: 10.5"

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