Local Winter History

Winter Snow and Ice on a Cold Sunny Day

Story Published: Mar 16, 2007 at 2:50 PM EDT

Story Updated: Mar 24, 2007 at 5:03 PM EDT

By Brandon Butcher

Local Winter History


 Massachusetts Snowfall ExtremesSnow Amount
(inches)		Location
   Station Name      Date
Greatest daily
snowfall.		 30.0 GARDNER 02/06/2001
Greatest 2-day snowfall
(snowed both days).		 43.7 IPSWICH 02/08/1978
Greatest 3-day snowfall
(snowed all 3 days).		 43.9 IPSWICH 02/08/1978
Greatest 4-day snowfall
(snowed all 4 days).		 47.3 PERU 03/04/1947
Greatest 5-day snowfall
(snowed all 5 days).		 47.3 PERU 03/04/1947
Greatest 6-day snowfall
(snowed all 6 days).		 48.3 PERU 03/04/1947
Greatest 7-day snowfall
(snowed all 7 days).		 49.8 PERU 03/04/1947
Greatest monthly snowfall
total		 66.0 WASHINGTON 2 12/1969
Greatest Aug-July snowfall
total		 156.1 ASHFIELD 1996
Greatest daily Snow Depth
  		 65.0 ARLINGTON 01/26/1948

Snowfall Climatology by Station Across Massachusetts...

Seasonal Snowfall History for Springfield

Month/SeasonMeanMinMedianMax
January 14.0 1.0 13.8 37.1
February 13.2 TRACE 13.8 30.6
March 8.9 TRACE 8.7 31.9
April 1.1 0.0 0.5 4.9
May TRACE 0.0 0.0 TRACE
June 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
July 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
August 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
September 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
October * 0.0 0.0 0.9
November 1.8 TRACE 1.0 10.4
December 10.8 TRACE 11.2 26.0
Winter 39.8 8.9 42.1 76.9
Spring 10.0 0.3 8.6 36.5
Summer 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Autumn 2.0 TRACE 0.7 10.4
Annual 56.0 23.3 61.6 73.7
August-July 59.1 43.4 53.2 90.7

Earliest Snowfall in Springfield... October 10th
Latest Snowfall in Springfield... April 20th

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