A weak system brought a burst of snow to New England on Thursday, December 26, 2013. There were brief snow showers in the morning that coated the ground in parts of RI and E MA. Most of the accumulating snow occurred during the mid-afternoon as a disturbance swept through from the west. The temperature near the coast was above freezing by that point in the day and the precipitation was mainly rain south of Providence in RI and SE MA. The following are snowfall observations sent in to the National Weather Service in Taunton, MA.
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SPOTTER REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
514 PM EST THU DEC 26 2013
THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN DURING THE PAST 24
HOURS FOR THE SYSTEM THAT AFFECTED OUR REGION. THESE ARE REPORTED
SNOWFALL TOTALS THAT ARE 2.0 INCHES OR GREATER. APPRECIATION IS
EXTENDED TO HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS...SKYWARN
SPOTTERS AND MEDIA FOR THESE REPORTS. THIS SUMMARY IS ALSO AVAILABLE
ON OUR HOME PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON
********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL********************
LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS
SNOWFALL OF
/INCHES/ MEASUREMENT
MASSACHUSETTS
...WORCESTER COUNTY...
LUNENBURG 2.2 340 PM 12/26 TRAINED SPOTTER
NEW HAMPSHIRE
...CHESHIRE COUNTY...
MARLBOROUGH 3.0 339 PM 12/26 PUBLIC
KEENE 2.7 315 PM 12/26 COOP OBSERVER
...HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY...
PETERBOROUGH 2.0 314 PM 12/26 TRAINED SPOTTER