Snow Depths for Blizzard Charles from the Boston Globe 

NWS Maps of Snowfall Amounts from Blizzard Charles

Click on the above link for some interesting maps on snowfall totals from Blizzard Charles. The numbers are taken from the final readings previously posted on their site and can be accessed easiest by clicking here.

January 2005 snowfall total: A 113 Year High

Click on above link for the Boston Globe's article on an amazing January 2005 for eastern New England in terms of snow. I think the snowfall total for January is basically what the average is here for the entire winter in central Connecticut.

New Snow Depth Map for Blizzard Charles

The Boston Globe has provided a nice map of the snowfall totals for southern New England. Click on the above headline to link to it.

Roundup of Blizzard Charles from the Boston Globe

This Boston Globe piece has a lot of great stuff, including picture galleries, and a summation of the impact on eastern New England. It also has some neat graphics on the biggest storms as measured at Logan airport, and a map graphic of the totals from Blizzard Charles.

Final Storm Totals from National Weather Service

Below is the final tally from the NWS; I had a link to it previously but it is no longer there. It is a long list of snowfall and windspeed readings for multiple towns throughout New England. It also provides a brief comparison of Blizzard Charles with Blizzard Larry (the blizzard of 78).

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT..POSSIBLY NEAR FINAL
Spotter reports National Weather Service Taunton MA 240 PM EST Mon Jan 24 2005
The first blizzard since the April fools storm of 1997 blanketed the area with a top 5 historic snowfall, accumulating within 24 hours, along with high winds, 6 foot drifts and bitterly cold temperatures. Differences in comparison to the blizzard of 78 include duration (2005 was shorter by about a day), areal coverage of a foot or more and total amount (looks to be smaller for 2005), water equivalency (this 2005 storm tended to be a colder drier event - a more easily removable powdery snow - with the exception of the south coast) and coastal flooding was comparitively non existent in 2005 as compared to the excessive and destructive flooding of 1978.

Essentially we are talking large differences between 78 and 05. We should soon see more evidence within the storms following period of recovery. A couple of days for 2005 vs a week or more for 1978.
The following are unofficial observations taken during the past 22 hours for the storm that has been affecting our region. 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

Connecticut

Hartford County

Southington 12.8 854 PM 1/24 General public

Windsor Locks 12.5 108 PM 1/23 airport ang (bdl)

Burlington 1 2.0 851 AM 1/24

West Hartford 12.0 647 AM 1/24 St

South Windsor 11.5 114 PM 1/23

Windsor 11.0 820 PM 1/23 St

Unionville 8.8 130 PM 1/23

Tolland County

Stafford Springs 16.0 223 PM 1/23 St

Hebron 12.0 120 PM 1/23

Andover 7.0 309 PM 1/23

Storrs 7.0 123 PM 1/23

Windham County

North Grosvenordale 14.0 218 PM 1/23

Hampton 11.1 700 AM 1/24 CO-Op observer

Thompson 10.0 1136 AM 1/23

Plainfield 9.5 122 PM 1/23

ashford 9.0 116 PM 1/23

eastford 8.0 121 PM 1/23

Mansfield Hollow Dam 6.0 700 AM 1/24 CO-Op observer

Massachusetts

Barnstable County

Sagamore Beach 36.0 944 PM 1/23

harwich 35.0 1049 PM 1/23 general public

North Eastham 32.0 528 PM 1/23

Yarmouth Port 30.0 240 PM 1/23

brewster 25.5 820 PM 1/23

Sandwich 24.0 315 PM 1/23 NWS employee

Barnstable 20.0 244 PM 1/23

Bristol County

New Bedford 30.0 235 PM 1/23

North Attleboro 28.1 737 AM 1/24

Taunton 26.0 331 PM 1/23 5Ft Drifts

Fairhaven 25.5 847 PM 1/23 St

Rehoboth 25.0 247 PM 1/23

east Fairhaven 23.6 1151 AM 1/23

Norton 23.5 813 AM 1/24

Easton 23.0 107 PM 1/23 W.E. 1.71

Acushnet 21.5 304 PM 1/23

Somerset 20.0 303 PM 1/23 T

aunton 18.0 700 PM 1/23 NWS Office kbox

Seekonk 15.0 430 PM 1/23 5 Ft drifts

Dukes County

Edgartown 24.0 240 PM 1/23

Marthas Vineyard 23.0 945 AM 1/24

Essex County

Salem 38.0 256 PM 1/23 Em

Haverhill 36.5 959 PM 1/23 7 Ft drifts

North Andover 33.0 100 PM 1/23 6Ft drifts

North Beverly 32.0 825 PM 1/23 St

South Hamilton 31.0 1130 AM 1/23

Peabody 30.0 155 PM 1/23

Saugus 30.0 234 PM 1/23

Topsfield 30.0 552 PM 1/23 St

West Peabody 30.0 353 PM 1/23

Marblehead Neck 29.0 234 PM 1/23

Methuen 27.0 204 PM 1/23

Salem 27.0 1040 PM 1/23 Salem state

Manchester 26.5 309 PM 1/23

Georgetown 26.4 400 PM 1/23

Beverly 26.0 802 PM 1/23 CO-Op observer

Ipswich 26.0 310 PM 1/23

Marblehead 26.0 941 PM 1/23 St

Gloucester 25.0 1145 AM 1/23

Lynn 24.0 250 PM 1/23

Rowley 24.0 256 PM 1/23

Swampscott 24.0 353 PM 1/23

Lawrence 23.0 130 PM 1/23

Newburyport 20.0 846 AM 1/24

Franklin County

Ashfield 15.5 1130 AM 1/23

Sunderland 12.5 700 AM 1/24 CO-Op observer

Hampden County

Granville 12.0 215 PM 1/23

Montgomery 11.5 1103 AM 1/23

Wilbraham 11.0 207 PM 1/23

Southwick 10.0 223 PM 1/23 St 0.84 We

Monson 9.0 1149 AM 1/23

Hampshire County

Southampton 12.5 206 PM 1/23

Worthington 12.5 700 AM 1/24 CO-Op observer

Northampton 12.0 232 PM 1/23

South Hadley 11.0 231 PM 1/23

Westhampton 10.5 1126 AM 1/23

Amherst 10.0 206 PM 1/23

Belchertown 8.5 205 PM 1/23

Middlesex County

Melrose 36.0 116 PM 1/23

Cambridge 30.0 258 PM 1/23

Wakefield 28.0 400 PM 1/23

Billerica 27.5 917 PM 1/23

North Woburn 27.5 224 AM 1/24 St 6 Ft Drifts

Burlington 27.0 850 AM 1/24

South Chelmsford 27.0 114 PM 1/23

everett 26.5 300 PM 1/23

belmont 26.0 918 PM 1/23 St

Winchester 25.8 1104 PM 1/23

east arlington 25.0 400 PM 1/23

North Billerica 25.0 100 PM 1/23

Wilmington 25.0 137 PM 1/23 St

North Chelmsford 24.0 440 PM 1/23

Woburn 24.0 1040 PM 1/23

Natick 22.0 700 AM 1/24 CO-Op observer

Wayland 22.0 340 PM 1/23

Westford 22.0 526 PM 1/23

Maynard 21.7 812 AM 1/24

Lexington 21.0 249 PM 1/23

stoneham 21.0 123 PM 1/23

Carlisle 20.8 1113 AM 1/23

ayer 20.3 330 PM 1/23 St

Littleton 19.0 241 PM 1/23

Chelmsford 18.5 219 PM 1/23 St

Dracut 18.2 220 PM 1/23 St

dunstable 18.0 1245 PM 1/23

Pepperell 18.0 249 PM 1/23

Townsend 18.0 402 PM 1/23 St

shirley 14.0 105 PM 1/23

Hudson 13.5 300 PM 1/23

Nantucket County

Nantucket 24.0 400 PM 1/23

Norfolk County

Weymouth 28.5 244 PM 1/23

Braintree 28.3 442 PM 1/23

Milton 27.0 400 PM 1/23

South Weymouth 27.0 918 PM 1/23 St

Sharon 26.0 430 PM 1/23

Foxboro 25.1 511 PM 1/23

Millis 25.0 400 PM 1/23

Needham 25.0 921 PM 1/23

Randolph 25.0 819 PM 1/23 St

Franklin 23.0 309 PM 1/23 St

Canton 22.0 259 PM 1/23

Dedham 22.0 400 PM 1/23

Walpole 21.2 700 AM 1/24 CO-Op observer

plainville 20.0 248 PM 1/23

east Milton 19.0 856 AM 1/24 Blue Hill obs (mqe)

Wellesley 17.2 239 PM 1/23

Plymouth County

Plymouth 38.0 702 PM 1/23

Plympton 35.0 1041 PM 1/23 general public

Lakeville 30.0 117 PM 1/23

manomet 28.0 1040 PM 1/23 St

Rockland 27.0 803 PM 1/23

Wareham 26.0 309 PM 1/23

Marshfield 25.0 230 PM 1/23

hanson 24.2 311 PM 1/23

Kingston 24.0 941 PM 1/23 St

West Duxbury 24.0 243 PM 1/23

Whitman 23.0 302 PM 1/23

Scituate 21.5 401 PM 1/23

Brockton 21.2 520 PM 1/23

marion 21.0 835 PM 1/23 St

Hingham 20.5 507 PM 1/23

Hingham 20.0 857 AM 1/24 W.E. 1.45

Suffolk County

Winthrop 28.6 400 PM 1/23 St

Winthrop Square 27.0 1000 PM 1/23

Boston common 26.0 116 PM 1/23 NWS employee

roslindale 25.5 305 PM 1/23 St

east Boston 22.5 700 PM 1/23 Logan kbos

Worcester County

Northborough 26.0 319 PM 1/23

Uxbridge 26.0 129 PM 1/23

Worcester 24.1 1124 AM 1/23 airport (korh)

westminister 23.4 1000 AM 1/23

Shrewsbury 23.0 325 PM 1/23

Webster 23.0 202 PM 1/23

Gardner 22.0 250 PM 1/23

southborough 22.0 311 PM 1/23

North Grafton 21.0 104 PM 1/23 ret NWS orh oic

Fitchburg 20.7 210 PM 1/23

Phillipston 19.3 1112 AM 1/23

holden 19.0 204 PM 1/23

lunenburg 18.5 202 PM 1/23

Boylston 18.1 304 PM 1/23

Old Sturbridge 18.0 203 PM 1/23

hopedale 17.5 1200 PM 1/23

Lancaster 17.0 1131 AM 1/23 0.68 h2o

leicester 17.0 133 PM 1/23 3-4 Ft drifts

Harvard 15.0 933 AM 1/23

Oxford 15.0 207 PM 1/23

west brookfield 15.0 230 PM 1/23

Ashburnham 14.0 917 PM 1/23 St

West Warren 12.5 314 PM 1/23

Athol 12.0 233 PM 1/23

Petersham 12.0 1104 AM 1/23

New Hampshire
Cheshire County

Dublin 18.5 121 PM 1/23

alstead 12.5 103 PM 1/23

Hinsdale 11.0 940 AM 1/24

Swanzey 9.0 1210 PM 1/23

Hillsborough County

Francestown 21.0 813 AM 1/24

Hollis 19.0 345 PM 1/23

Nashua 18.5 400 PM 1/23 St

New Ipswich 17.5 135 PM 1/23

Wilton 17.5 1144 AM 1/23

greenville 16.5 220 PM 1/23

Hudson 15.6 136 PM 1/23 St

Bedford 15.0 1200 PM 1/23

Milford 15.0 1105 AM 1/23

South Weare 12.5 429 PM 1/23 St

Rhode Island
Bristol County

Bristol 21.0 502 PM 1/23 St

Kent County

West Warwick 24.5 251 PM 1/23

Warwick 23.4 102 PM 1/23 TF Green (Pvd)

Warwick 20.9 316 PM 1/23

Coventry 17.5 440 PM 1/23 St

Newport County

Little Compton 27.0 410 PM 1/23

Tiverton 21.1 325 PM 1/23

Providence County

Burrillville 23.0 1130 AM 1/23

Johnston Memorial 22.5 403 PM 1/23 NWS employee

greenville 21.5 113 PM 1/23

Cranston 21.0 253 PM 1/23

Smithfield 21.0 1210 PM 1/23

Cumberland 20.0 915 PM 1/23

Rumford 19.0 1046 PM 1/23

Woonsocket 19.0 700 AM 1/24 CO-Op observer

Woonsocket reservoir 18.9 155 PM 1/23 1.36 we

pawtucket 16.0 210 PM 1/23

north foster 14.7 812 AM 1/24

Washington County

South Kingstown 22.0 1105 AM 1/23

Hopkinton 21.0 237 PM 1/23

Westerly 20.0 534 PM 1/23 5Ft Drifts

exeter 18.0 1104 AM 1/23

North Kingstown 17.0 102 PM 1/23

*********************Maximum wind gust*********************

Location maximum gust time/date comments

speed of

(mph) measurement

Massachusetts

Barnstable County

Sandwich 83.0 1255 PM 1/23 Skywarn

Barnstable 72.0 321 AM 1/23 skywarn

Provincetown 67.0 735 AM 1/23 pvc AWOS

Hyannis 66.0 1052 AM 1/23 hya ASOS

Falmouth - east 62.0 905 AM 1/23 skywarn

Chatham 60.0 1029 AM 1/23 cqx ASOS

Bristol County

New Bedford 54.0 651 AM 1/23 Ewb ASOS

Attleboro 52.0 748 AM 1/23 skywarn

Somerset 48.0 715 AM 1/23 skywarn

Taunton 48.0 623 AM 1/23 tan ASOS

Fairhaven 46.0 121 AM 1/23 skywarn

Dukes County

Marthas Vineyard 59.0* 1157 AM 1/23 Mvy ASOS

West Tisbury 48.0 1251 AM 1/23 skywarn

Essex County

Salem 62.0 516 AM 1/23 Salem State

Lawrence 57.0 400 AM 1/23 skywarn

Nantucket County

Nantucket-Madaket 84.0 930 AM 1/23 radio station

Nantucket 75.0 905 AM 1/23 skywarn

Nantucket 74.0 904 AM 1/23 ack ASOS

Norfolk County

East Milton 59.0 145 AM 1/23 mqe ASOS

Blue Hill Foxboro 53.0 635 AM 1/23 gillette stadium

Plymouth County

Plymouth 72.0 905 AM 1/23 Skywarn

manomet 71.0 1020 AM 1/23 spotter

Scituate 68.0 715 AM 1/23 spotter

Plymouth 62.0 651 AM 1/23 pym ASOS

Brockton 50.0 832 AM 1/23 skywarn

Suffolk County

Boston 55.0 150 AM 1/23 Bos ASOS Logan arpt

Worcester County

Worcester 47.0 952 AM 1/23 Orh ASOS

Rhode Island
Kent County

Warwick 60.0 722 AM 1/23 Pvd ASOS TF Green arpt

Newport County

Newport 53.0 926 AM 1/23 Uuu ASOS

Providence County

Providence 52.0 715 AM 1/23 Skywarn

Washington County

Block Island 54.0 1247 AM 1/23 Skywarn

Westerly 52.0 747 AM 1/23 skywarn

Westerly 49.0 723 AM 1/23 wst ASOS

Block Island 48.0 435 AM 1/23 bid AWOS
*Last of several occurrences
Kab/ws/evt/drag/tlm

Snow Depth Map

I just found this interesting site which contains an interactive map regarding snow depth amounts. I don't know too much about it, but seems to at least have some potential for providing some useful information. You can request anything from current snow depth to 2 day snow fall totals. The 2 and 3-day snowfall maps don't appear to be very comprehensive or accurate. However, the other maps provide some interesting data in terms of current snowfall depths. You can zoom in and zoom out as well as pan all over the country.