Highest snow totals, wind gusts across Massachusetts during April 4 nor'easter
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Updated: 5:20 AM EDT Apr 5, 2024
COAST THERE’S ALWAYS CONCERN ABOUT HIGH TIDE WELL INLAND FOLKS ARE JUST REALLY DISAPPOINTED IN APRIL. IT’S NOT WARM ENOUGH TO BE OUTSIDE WITH A MAI TAI. TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THE SNOW. YOU REALLY NEEDED THIS IN HUBBARDSTON BEFORE 730 AT DAYBREAK, NEARLY FIVE INCHES OF SNOW. SORRY TIM, IT WAS SNOWING WHEN WE FIRST GOT HERE, BUT LOOK, THE WINDS AT LEAST HAVE DIED DOWN. WE RAN OUT OF POWER AND I BURNED A LOT OF FIREWOOD AND STUFF LIKE THAT. MIX IT BETWEEN OIL AND WOOD. YOU KNOW, YOU’RE A SURVIVOR. I YEAH, I AM A SURVIVOR. THE SNOW IN HUBBARDSTON IS BOTH VERY PRETTY AND PRETTY DANGEROUS DUE TO THE POWER LINES THAT ARE LIGHTING TREES ON FIRE. THIS IS FROM HUBBARDSTON FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDING ON BARRY ROAD. SOME RESIDENTS ARE WITHOUT POWER. THOSE FEW ROADS THAT WE HAVE HAD, HAD THE TREES COME DOWN ARE WITHOUT POWER. BUT MOST OF THE TOWN STILL HAS POWER RIGHT NOW. HOW MASSACHUSETTS WORKS IS YOUR SNOW AND ICE BUDGET IS THE ONLY BUDGET THAT YOU CAN LEGALLY SPEND IN DEFICIT. WE DIDN’T HAVE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR, AND THERE WAS SOME FUNDING LEFT OVER, SO WE’LL BE IN A GOOD SPOT. BUT SMALL RURAL COMMUNITIES ARE NEVER IN A AMAZING SPOT. THE SNOW IS HEAVY AND WET AND TREE CREWS WILL HAVE A LONG NIGHT CLEARING BLOCKED STREETS LIKE LOMBARDO ROAD. THE APRIL 4TH SNOW MEANT SCHOOL WAS OFF AND THAT THE PLOW BLADES STAY ON. IT WAS REALLY A SOFT WINTER, WHICH REALLY RAISES HAVOC ON THE ROADS AND BEATS THEM UP, BEATS UP THE VEHICLES AND THE PLOWS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT’S IT’S A LOT BETTER WHEN THINGS ARE FROZEN. UH, IT’S A LOT EASIER ON EQUIPMENT. WE’RE ABOUT 70 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOSTON, AND BOY, IT WAS LIKE SOMEONE FLIPPED THE SWITCH DRIVING HERE, SLUSHY ROADS. THE GOOD NEWS. LOOK HOW BIG A SNOWMAN BALL YOU CAN MAKE. SO KIDS OUT THERE, YOU CAN GET BUSY BEFORE IT REALLY FREEZES UP. IT’S GOING TO GET COOLER. WE’RE LIVE IN HUBBARDSTON. RHON
Highest snow totals, wind gusts across Massachusetts during April 4 nor'easter
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Updated: 5:20 AM EDT Apr 5, 2024
Some Massachusetts communities have recorded 6 inches of snow in Thursday's nor'easter, and some areas saw wind gusts higher than 70 mph.Here are Massachusetts snowfall and wind gust reports issued Thursday by the National Weather Service. Totals will be updated as new measurements come in.Mass. Snow totalsEssex CountyAmesbury 2.5 in Groveland 2.1 in Andover 2.0 inBoxford 1.8 inNewburyport 1.6 in Manchester 1.3 in Haverhill 1.2 inMethuen 1.0 inSaugus 1.0 inIpswich 1.0 inMiddleton 1.0 inFranklin County Hawley 8.2 inColrain 5.2 inAshfield 5.0 inBuckland 4.5 inConway 4.4 inBernardston 2.5 inShutesbury 2.0 inNew Salem 2.0 inSunderland 1.7 inGreenfield 1.6 inLeverett 1.3 inMontague 1.0 inHampden CountyHolyoke 2.0 inWestfield 1.2 inWest Springfield 1.0 inHampshire CountyPlainfield 8.0 inWesthampton 4.0 inWilliamsburg 2.8 inFlorence 1.3 inEasthampton 1.2 inSouth Hadley 1.0 inMiddlesex CountyTownsend 4.5 in Pepperell 3.3 inGroton 3.0 inMaynard 2.5 inTyngsboro 2.5 inAyer 2.1 inLittleton 2.0 inHudson 1.7 inLowell 1.6 inStow 1.3 inLexington 1.2 inCarlisle 1.2 in Tewksbury 1.1 inFramingham 1.0 inActon 1.0 inWorcester CountyAshburnham 6.3 inHubbardston 4.5 inLunenburg 4.0 inFitchburg 4.0 inFitchburg Airport 3.3 in Westminster 3.2 inWorcester Airport 3.2 inWinchendon 3.1 inLeominster 3.0 inSterling 3.0 in Holden 3.0 inBoylston 2.4 inShrewsbury 2.3 inBarre 1.8 inBerlin 1.6 inShrewsbury 1.5 inAuburn 1.2 inWestborough 1.0 inDouglas 1.0 in Top wind gusts across Mass. Berkshire County Harriman and West Airport 67 MPHWilliamstown 67 MPHBarnstable CountyWellfleet 73 MPHWellfleet 69 MPHKalmus 67 MPHHyannis AP 58 MPHEssex County Children`s Island 60 MPHNantucket CountyNantucket AP 67 MPHNantucket Harbor 61 MPHPlymouth County Plymouth AP 59 MPHSuffolk County Revere Beach 60 MPHMass. Maritime StationsPleasure Bay 73 MPHWoods Hole 60 MPHDread Ledge 59 MPH Video: Mount Washington scientist talks about conditions
Some Massachusetts communities have recorded 6 inches of snow in Thursday's nor'easter, and some areas saw wind gusts higher than 70 mph.
Here are Massachusetts snowfall and wind gust reports issued Thursday by the National Weather Service. Totals will be updated as new measurements come in.
Mass. Snow totals
Essex County
Amesbury 2.5 in
Groveland 2.1 in
Andover 2.0 in
Boxford 1.8 in
Newburyport 1.6 in
Manchester 1.3 in
Haverhill 1.2 in
Methuen 1.0 in
Saugus 1.0 in
Ipswich 1.0 in
Middleton 1.0 in
Franklin County
Hawley 8.2 in
Colrain 5.2 in
Ashfield 5.0 in
Buckland 4.5 in
Conway 4.4 in
Bernardston 2.5 in
Shutesbury 2.0 in
New Salem 2.0 in
Sunderland 1.7 in
Greenfield 1.6 in
Leverett 1.3 in
Montague 1.0 in
Hampden County
Holyoke 2.0 in
Westfield 1.2 in
West Springfield 1.0 in
Hampshire County
Plainfield 8.0 in
Westhampton 4.0 in
Williamsburg 2.8 in
Florence 1.3 in
Easthampton 1.2 in
South Hadley 1.0 in
Middlesex County
Townsend 4.5 in
Pepperell 3.3 in
Groton 3.0 in
Maynard 2.5 in
Tyngsboro 2.5 in
Ayer 2.1 in
Littleton 2.0 in
Hudson 1.7 in
Lowell 1.6 in
Stow 1.3 in
Lexington 1.2 in
Carlisle 1.2 in
Tewksbury 1.1 in
Framingham 1.0 in
Acton 1.0 in
Worcester County
Ashburnham 6.3 in
Hubbardston 4.5 in
Lunenburg 4.0 in
Fitchburg 4.0 in
Fitchburg Airport 3.3 in
Westminster 3.2 in
Worcester Airport 3.2 in
Winchendon 3.1 in
Leominster 3.0 in
Sterling 3.0 in
Holden 3.0 in
Boylston 2.4 in
Shrewsbury 2.3 in
Barre 1.8 in
Berlin 1.6 in
Shrewsbury 1.5 in
Auburn 1.2 in
Westborough 1.0 in
Douglas 1.0 in
Top wind gusts across Mass.
Berkshire County
Harriman and West Airport 67 MPH
Williamstown 67 MPH
Barnstable County
Wellfleet 73 MPH
Wellfleet 69 MPH
Kalmus 67 MPH
Hyannis AP 58 MPH
Essex County
Children`s Island 60 MPH
Nantucket County
Nantucket AP 67 MPH
Nantucket Harbor 61 MPH
Plymouth County
Plymouth AP 59 MPH
Suffolk County
Revere Beach 60 MPH
Mass. Maritime Stations
Pleasure Bay 73 MPH
Woods Hole 60 MPH
Dread Ledge 59 MPH
Video: Mount Washington scientist talks about conditions
