‘Barely Enough For A Snowman’: How Much Snow Fell Around Greater Boston Sunday?

WAKEFIELD, MA — The Greater Boston region got its first taste of snowy weather this winter on Sunday, with flurries giving way to heavier snow in places beginning Sunday afternoon.

Snow lingered into the early hours of Monday morning, but largely tapered off before the start of the workweek. Monday drivers, as a result, were spared from some of the issues seen on roads Sunday afternoon and evening.

All told, the heaviest of snow hit in Western Massachusetts, with much of the state west of Springfield and I-91 forecast to receive upward of six inches of accumulation, according to the National Weather Service.

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Flakes still piled up in the Boston area, though, causing forecasters at the National Weather Service to adjust their projections upward from initial forecasts for less than an inch of accumulation in and around the city.

Updated unofficial snow measurements available Monday evening showed snow totals as follows in the area:

• Wakefield, 11:03 p.m. (Sunday) - 0.9 inches
• Logan Airport, 11:01 p.m. (Sunday) - 0.9 inches
• Medford, 10:16 p.m. (Sunday)- 1.1 inches
• Winchester, 7 a.m. (Monday) - 1.1 inches
• Reading, 6 a.m. (Monday) - 1 inch
• Lexington, 6 p.m. (Sunday) - 1 inch
• Melrose, 7 a.m. (Monday) - 0.9 inches
• Wilmington, 7 a.m. (Monday) - 0.8 inches

“Just enough for a snowman!” the National Weather Service said after sharing a measurement of 1.2 inches of snow at its Boston-area office in Norton.

[12AM] Snow will be wrapping up over the course of the next few hours, with a storm total here at NWS Boston of 1.2"! Just enough for a snowman!

Some notable totals:
BOS: 0.9"
BDL: 5.6"
PVD: 2.8"
E. Hawley COOP: 7.5"
N. Foster, RI COOP: 3.5"
NWS Employee Westborough MA: 1.9" pic.twitter.com/wrGKcLr331
— NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) December 12, 2022

Area community members woke Monday to find cold weather and snow still on the ground.

Weather may follow a steady pattern over the coming days, with lows in the 20s and highs in the 30s through Wednesday. Forecasters with Accuweather are then calling for a slightly warmer end to the week, with highs in the 40s on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.