Eastern Mass Gets Their Swag Back - SWFE on Steriods - Region wide Major Snowfall - Jan 25-26, 2026 Nowcast/Obs.

[Fozz]

Hot off the presses!

17.5" at ORH as of midnight - from 1.59" of liquid.

High of 10, low 0.

[wxsniss]

Some of the highest in MA and CT:

...Worcester County...
Holden                       20.0 in   1219 AM 01/26   Trained Spotter
Grafton                      19.0 in   1219 AM 01/26   Trained Spotter
2 NE New Braintree           18.0 in   0925 PM 01/25   Trained Spotter
Princeton                    18.0 in   1054 PM 01/25   Trained Spotter
Worcester AP                 17.5 in   1157 PM 01/25   Official NWS Obs
1 NE Lunenburg               17.0 in   0946 PM 01/25   Amateur Radio
2 ENE Fitchburg              17.0 in   0951 PM 01/25   Amateur Radio

...Hartford County...
1 NNW Simsbury               18.0 in   0951 PM 01/25   Broadcast Media
1 SE Simsbury                18.0 in   1000 PM 01/25   Trained Spotter
1 NW Glastonbury             18.0 in   1030 PM 01/25   Amateur Radio
West Hartford                17.0 in   0915 PM 01/25   Broadcast Media

 

[jculligan]

15.3" total as of midnight. 

[WxWatcher007]

4.5” total so far

Cleared before going to bed. Congrats to everyone that got smoked. 

[Scott Koziara]

2 hours ago, bristolri_wx said:

 

Yes, I was wrong no two ways about it! Snowfall totals were significantly higher on the cape, the islands and Newport than I expected. I've been burned so many times down here with underperformers I don't always pay attention to the model consensus but in this instance the modeling did a good job.

[wxsniss]

Measured (compacted, not clearing) 15.25-15.5" at 1 am near Coolidge Corner in Brookline

Beginning at 10am, that's ~1"/hr x 15 hrs, so accumulated decently despite the mediocre snowgrowth

[wxsniss]

Remaining expected snowfall beginning 1am Monday:

[Roger Smith]

Preliminary and needing to be checked from later data, but Toronto (downtown) may have had its heaviest January one-day snowfall ever (since 1843 when snowfall records begin). Reports are in the 18-20 inch range. This was 80% lake enhancement boosting a wider 5" synoptic scale snowfall.

The previous record was 44 cm (meas 16.6" at the time) set Jan 23, 1966 (not the later coastal blizzard on 1-29).

A very close second was 40 cm Jan 2, 1999. After that one and two later moderate falls, Toronto had its greatest snow depth of 65 cm (26 in). 

The current one-day record for any month was 19.5" (about 47 cm) Dec 11, 1944. February and March also have higher one-day records than January but that may not be the case after this new record is verified. 

[UnitedWx]

I will confirm 18 inches in Simsbury,  and looks like the same at home in Westfield.  Just got in from plowing and I'm BEAT! Bed time now

[40/70 Benchmark]

17" from round 1..... 14.5-15" depth. All shoveled out.

[40/70 Benchmark]

2 hours ago, H2Otown_WX said:

Disappointment?

Not really....if I get several more inches Monday.