Snow Parking Ban Lifted As North Shore Digs Out: How Much Did You Get?

PEABODY, MA — North Shore residents were doing a bit of digging out Tuesday morning after a fast-moving burst of heavy snow blanketed the region late Monday afternoon.

The swath of snow caused Peabody to declare a snow emergency parking ban — which was not lifted until 9 a.m. Tuesday morning.

Peabody hit the snow jackpot on the North Shore with 6.5 inches, according to the National Weather Service. Beverly checked in at 5.3 inches of snow officially, while Salem had 4.5 inches.

Road conditions deteriorated quickly Monday afternoon with area police departments warning against unnecessary travel and most school districts canceling after-school extracurricular activities and sporting events.

Up to 8 inches fell over two days in North Central Massachusetts, with nearly 20,000 residents still without power across the state as of Tuesday, as the heavy wet snow accumulated on trees that fell and damaged power lines and transformers.

Here are snow totals from cities and towns across the state.

The winter weather will continue for parts of the state with another storm rolling through later in the week. A winter storm watch is in effect for central and western Massachusetts from Wednesday morning until Thursday morning.

This time, however, the snow-rain change will be reversed with most of the North Shore likely starting as snow during the Wednesday commute and changing to rain with the chance of high winds overnight into Thursday.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)