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Massachusetts Snowstorm: How Much Snow Has Fallen In Your Town?

The storm won't stop dumping snow on Massachusetts until this afternoon, but some MA towns already have more than a foot.

In Melrose (above), 12.5 inches of snow had fallen by 7 a.m., according to unofficial observations collected by the National Weather Service.
In Melrose (above), 12.5 inches of snow had fallen by 7 a.m., according to unofficial observations collected by the National Weather Service. (Mike Carraggi/Patch)

MASSACHUSETTS — Weather forecasters had predicted most parts of Massachusetts would get between 8 and 14 inches of snow in the season's first major Nor'easter, and that's exactly what they got.

According to unofficial observations collected by the National Weather Service in Boston, Grafton had the highest recorded snowfall total in central and eastern Massachusetts during Thursday's storm with 16.1 inches.

At Logan International Airport in Boston, 12.7 inches had fallen by the time the storm left Massachusetts Thursday afternoon.

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Cape Cod and much of the South Shore had lower snowfall totals as rain mixed in with snow.

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Snow Fall Totals By Town

The following are unofficial observations submitted to the National Weather Service in Boston.

Updated Friday, Dec. 18 at 1:45 p.m.

Cape & Islands

  • Plymouth, 7 inches at 9:19 a.m. Friday
  • Falmouth, 6.5 inches at 7 a.m. Friday
  • Barnstable, 6.5 inches at 7 a.m. Friday
  • Hyannis, 6.4 inches at 7 a.m. Friday
  • Martha's Vineyard, 4.2 inches at 7:30 a.m. Friday
  • Nantucket, 3.5 inches at 5:47 a.m. Thursday

Bristol & Norfolk Counties

  • Walpole, 13 inches at 9:15 a.m. Thursday
  • Norwood, 13 inches at 10:11 a.m. Thursday
  • Foxboro, 12 inches at 10:54 a.m. Thursday
  • Norton, 10.3 inches at 8:57 a.m. Friday
  • Mansfield, 10 inches at 11:30 a.m. Thursday
  • Needham, 10 inches at 6:58 a.m. Thursday
  • Westwood, 9.5 inches at 6:15 a.m. Thursday
  • Attleboro, 9.5 inches at 12:26 p.m. Thursday
  • Somerset, 7.6 inches at 7 a.m. Friday

Essex County

  • Salem, 15 inches at 1:56 p.m. Thursday
  • Beverly, 14 inches 11 a.m. Thursday
  • Danvers, 12.3 inches at 2:10 p.m. Thursday
  • Peabody, 12 inches at 8:21 a.m. Thursday
  • Swampscott, 12 inches at 10:33 a.m. Thursday
  • North Andover, 11.5 inches at 8 a.m. Thursday
  • Andover, 10.1 inches at 5 a.m. Thursday

Middlesex County

  • Waltham, 16 inches at 1:15 p.m. Thursday
  • Newton, 15 inches at 2:16 p.m. Thursday
  • Sudbury, 14.7 inches at 5:09 p.m. Thursday
  • Winchester, 14.5 inches at 7 a.m. Friday
  • Wakefield, 14.5 inches at 4:34 p.m. Thursday
  • Framingham, 14.5 inches at 7 a.m. Thursday
  • Melrose, 14.5 inches at 1:22 p.m. Thursday
  • Marlborough, 14 inches at 10:33 a.m. Thursday
  • Holliston, 13.5 inches at 3:30 p.m. Thursday
  • North Reading, 13.5 inches at 5 p.m. Thursday
  • Somerville, 13.5 inches at 7 a.m. Thursday
  • Wilmington, 13.4 inches at 3:11 p.m. Thursday
  • Tewksbury, 13.1 inches at 7:30 a.m. Thursday
  • Natick, 13 inches at 9:31 a.m. Thursday
  • Acton, 12.6 inches at 7 a.m. Friday
  • Hopkinton, 12.5 inches at 2:51 p.m. Thursday
  • Cambridge, 12 inches at 8 a.m. Thursday
  • Lexington, 12 inches at 7 a.m. Thursday
  • Maynard, 11.7 inches at 7 a.m. Thursday
  • Arlington, 11 inches at 10:45 a.m. Thursday
  • Medford, 11 inches at 3:22 p.m. Thursday
  • Burlington, 10.5 inches at 7:33 a.m. Thursday
  • Westford, 9 inches at 6:29 a.m. Thursday
  • Chelmsford, 8.2 inches at 8 a.m. Thursday
  • Woburn, 7.2 inches at 5:52 a.m. Thursday

Worcester County

  • Grafton, 16.1 at 2:50 p.m. Thursday
  • Milford, 13.3 inches at 4:27 p.m. Thursday
  • Westborough, 12.5 inches at 2:33 a.m. Thursday
  • Worcester, 12.1 inches at 7 p.m. Thursday
  • Northborough, 11.7 inches at 8:18 a.m. Friday

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