DAYS 1-5 (APRIL 12-16)
A little bit of “recent” and “now” before we look ahead. Our current storm system sent a pretty intense band of precipitation northward across the region early this morning with significantly over-achieving snowfall over higher elevations of central MA on the order of 4 to as much as 7.5 (highest report as of time of writing) inches of snow. As soon as you head east and south, it drops off to the more typical April expectations of a marginal situation. For example, here in Woburn, I’ve recorded 0.7 inch of snowfall between 2:30 a.m. and 8:00 a.m., much of it having melted on pavement and only accumulated on grass/dirt and cold car tops. What remains of this band hangs over central and north central MA now, even with some thunder reported, but this will weaken and move way and low pressure to our south will just keep us overcast with drizzle and periods of light rain, maybe some additional mix / wet snow at times but nothing like what just occurred. Another low has to move by to our east on Sunday, and this will throw another shield of precipitation back our way for several hours during the day. This one should be largely rain, however, sleet and wet snow are possible where the intensity is enough. I do not expect a repeat of early this morning! Finally this system wheels away later Sunday and we dry out. A different world awaits on Monday. Despite a chilly start, strong April sun and a land breeze will allow a nice warm-up during the day. As we head into next week, weather systems will be more on the move, and the next one, low pressure passing to our north, will bring a warm front through on Monday night with some late-night rain, then a cold front through the region during the day Tuesday with some morning rain showers. We likely salvage the afternoon with dry and still mild weather. By Wednesday expect fair weather but with cooler Canadian air.
TODAY: Overcast. Snow to the north and west tapers off during mid morning. Otherwise drizzle and periods of rain that can mix with sleet and wet snow at times. Temperatures steady 33-40. Wind NE 5-15 MPH, higher gusts.
TONIGHT: Overcast. Drizzle and periods of light rain. Areas of fog. Temperatures rise slightly to 35-42. Wind NE 5-15 MPH, higher gusts.
SUNDAY: Overcast with periods of rain / drizzle, may mix with sleet and wet snow at times but no appreciable accumulation, tapering off in the afternoon. Highs 37-44. Wind NE to N 5-15 MPH, higher gusts.
SUNDAY NIGHT: Gradual clearing. Lows 35-42. Wind N to NW 5-15 MPH, higher gusts.
MONDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 57-64. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.
MONDAY NIGHT: Clouding up. A period of rain possible late night. Lows 43-50. Wind S 5-15 MPH.
TUESDAY: Variably cloudy. Chance of rain showers in the morning. Highs 57-64. Wind SW shifting to NW 10-20 MPH.
TUESDAY NIGHT: Clearing. Lows 38-45. Wind NW 5-15 MPH,.
WEDNESDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 52-59. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.
DAYS 6-10 (APRIL 17-21)
Cool overall. Highest potential for unsettled weather is April 18. That system may move quickly enough to salvage the long weekend that follows it.
DAYS 11-15 (APRIL 22-26)
Still a tendency for cooler than normal and somewhat unsettled weather as it looks now.
Thanks Tk
Heavy rain with some snow mixed in driving into the city this morning after 6am , cold raw lousy day ahead . Glad I’m working !
Just flipped to sleet.
snow total 7.5″
not surprised. yay
You can see a little snow on Hampton Beach here:
https://hamptonbeach.org/beach-cam/
The camera pans every 10 seconds or so (when everything is working!).
For some reason, I can’t see these videos using Firefox. I have to use a different browser.
I can view on my phone with duck duck go. almost had a typo there.
I can see on safari.
not surprised. yay
Good morning and thaml you TK
Actually snowed some here earlier this mornibg. Was still raining at 215, but temp dropped to 34 around 630, so I guess it was around that time.
Light coating on grassy surfaces.
It was snow at that time old salty as I was walking into the hospital after 6:30 & had a few flakes on my vest , no big deal & no surprise.
Latest snow reports:
https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSBOX&e=202504121227
No reports for Suffolk County I guess.
not much to teport. trace to a tenth or 2.
Didn’t snow enough there and by the time most people would be up and out to measure it, it will have melted.
I had 0.7 inch on grass and 0.3 inch on my driveway, and the driveway is already just wet.
Newest reports:
https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSBOX&e=202504121310
Trace at both Logan and “Jamacia Plain”. I don’t understand how they haven’t fixed that typo in years.
FYI: Since the weekly NOAA / NWS post drops out of the “recent posts” quickly, I have created a tab at the top of the page for those who want to access it.
The link to it is: https://www.woodshill.net/?page_id=18851 … but you can find it at the top of the page whenever you want, as long as I feel it needs to exist. Guidelines are posted there. Blah blah blah. You all know the drill.
I won’t be on the tab too often myself, but I want a place for those who want to post things and chat about them to do so outside of the main blog weather page comments section. 
Thank you, TK. About 1.5 in S Sutton. They are plowing
Eric mentions April and weather amnesia
Eric
I think people have more weather amnesia in spring than any other season (just how memories go)
Last year Mar 1st through today was cooler, much wetter, and with a bit more snow than this year
Last March didn’t even hit 60F until the final day. This March had eight 60+ days
And In the comments
Eric Add to the list “can you believe snow in April?!”
Yes, yes I can. It snows at least a little almost every April
https://x.com/ericfisher/status/1910144973934051805?s=61
Thanks TK !
Hope your episode has corrected.
I only saw Pete last night on Facebook. Perhaps other Boston Mets were making similar statements to him last night, I don’t know.
But kudos to Pete last night for hitting the snow potential with this all way to Boston suburbs.
I only saw FB Pete too. But could have missed others.
Thanks TK
Back to back mornings with a coating of snow
Thanks TK.
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If I saw correctly, both the GFS and Euro op runs took next late week/early weekend storm to our west, in a complete 180, instead of cutting it off south of us.
Implication would be a chance at one real warm day in the warm sector.
So the snow to 75F + scenario over a week is in play.
Cool. Especially with Easter next weekend
I hope so Tom . My laborers are home from school for Easter & we have a soft opening next Friday & Saturday with a couple of jobs going .
Friend on Facebook that lives near Portland, ME “We had 1″ of snow this morning. This is NOT normal!”
My Reply: “You’re right, Portland’s normal for April is 2.8″, so you should have more!”
She didn’t appreciate that.
Good one SAK!! Even Boston’s average April snow is just under
2 inches.
That’s exactly what my answer would have been.
Boston April Snow: 100+ years:
None = 22 times
Trace = 49 times
Measurable = 62 times
Posted by Eric last night/Jacob morning!
Now I wonder if it snows less in November than in April?
I don’t know the answer to that, but my guts says it snows MORE in April than it does in November. Ocean is still relatively cold in April while it is still quite mild in November being one reason.
Boston averages for snow…
November 0.7
April: 1.1
Also, the atmosphere is much colder still in April than in November. So it’s much easier to get a precip intensity snowfall in April than in November.
Good information. I was wondering that yesterday. Thank you
Yes, exactly. And April is snowier in Boston than November (on average, by under 1/2 inch).
Total Snowfall 2024-25 (Updated):
ORH = 34.8”
BOS = 28.1”
NYC = 12.9”
ORH not done yet. Will further update later.
Too bad Boston couldn’t get it on the action this April. Oh well, maybe next year.
They may have had measurable there. Those updates are not always prompt.
Up until now, I never would have thought that Boston actually snows much more often in April than not.
None = 22
Measurable = 62
I’ve mentioned it many times, along with the fact that spring is cooler than autumn.
In 134 years of records, Boston has recorded 1″ or more in a calendar day after April 1 44 times. If you change that to after April 10, it has happened 17 times. It has happened 7 times after April 15:
4/20/1904 – 1.0″
4/18/1916 – 2.1″
4/22/1940 – 1.5″
4/18/1965 – 1.6″
4/28/1987 – 3.2″
4/16/1992 – 1.0″
4/27/1993 – 2.1″
If you change to a 2-day total after April 15, you get this:
4/20-21/1904 – 1.0″
4/28-29/1916 – 2.1″
4/22-23/1940 – 1.5″
4/18-19/1965 – 1.6″
4/28-29/1987 – 4.1″
4/16-17/1992 – 1.0″
4/27-28/1993 – 2.2″
Excellent! Thanks for the STATS!
Thanks, TK!
Happy Pesach to all celebrating Passover beginning at sunset! The Paschal Full Moon is tonight at 8:22 pm.
I wonder if weather amnesia occurs in part because we use a location we know is not close to representative for records. I’m not faulting the location but just saying Logan is not close to representative of the 240ish other towns in the state.
There are several factors at play. Location bias and recency bias are natural things that play into it. Those are 2 of the big ones. I consulted a psychologist (friend) about this type of thing and they confirmed these for me, not only in weather, but sports, and other things.
Examples:
The Bruins lose 2 road games in a row and someone exclaims “They never win on the road!” even if they won their previous 5 road games before that.
A person living in Fall River who hasn’t seen measurable snow in April in 8 years believes it never snows in April, even though a town just 25 miles north of them may have received measurable April snow 7 out of those 8 years.
Just examples of recency and location bias.
That all makes very good sense
If the ECMWF is right, it’ll be dry but winter coats needed for any outdoor Easter Egg hunts. Brr!
Just hope it’s dry Friday & Saturday or one of the two
18Z HRRR wants to deliver some more SNOW tomorrow AM, preceeded by a bit of a SLEET fest.
https://www.pivotalweather.com/model.php?m=hrrr&p=ref1km_ptype&rh=2025041218&fh=19&r=us_ne&dpdt=&mc=
https://www.pivotalweather.com/model.php?m=hrrr&p=ref1km_ptype&rh=2025041218&fh=21&r=us_ne&dpdt=&mc=
Kuchera SNOW
https://www.pivotalweather.com/model.php?m=hrrr&p=snku_acc-imp&rh=2025041218&fh=25&r=us_ne&dpdt=&mc=
Snow depth change
https://www.pivotalweather.com/model.php?m=hrrr&p=snodpc_acc-imp&rh=2025041218&fh=25&r=us_ne&dpdt=&mc=
So, basically snow in the air with perhaps a small slushy accumulation. Emphasis on SMALL as in coating.
NOTE: this is just ONE model.
Who knows if it is or will be correct.
It (and it’s soon-to-be-replacement RRFS) were both (correctly) most aggressive with frozen precipitation for the early morning event today.
And they were pretty accurate.
19Z is more aggressive with frozen.
If today’s air temperatures matched the “real feel” temperatures (20s) most of SNE would be digging out big time and Boston would easily reach normal (49.2”) snowfall for the season. Sigh.
It was kinda fun though listening to the radio/tv newscasters go absolutely ballistic this morning though. Made for a good laugh. Oh well.
Light to moderate wet snow and temps in the mid 30s most of the day here at Jay Peak. Very foggy with most of the mountain enshrouded in the clouds most of the day but zero wind. It was a good day for tree skiing given the visibility. Still very deep snow cover in the woods with no bare spots and the mountain is near 100 percent open.
nice!
Awesome. Enjoy!
Note…
If you should happen to look at the 6-10 & 8-14 day outlooks from CPC today, remember the model-generation factor. The 8-14 is far too warm for the eastern US.
21Z HRRR has now BACKED OFF significantly on frozen precip
for tomorrow AM. Backed off on qpf as well.
If it generates less intense precip (as evident by less QPF), it will also back off on frozen, since some intensity will be needed to get it in a situation that’s a tad less cold than this morning’s.
I suspect Boston’s snowfall to date (28.1”) WILL be the final total for this season. According to Eric, mid-April is generally the final cut-off.
I’ll post the final tallies later, probably tomorrow.
“Generally the final cut-off” is an approximation.
Boston has had measurable snow as late as mid May. And even it happened once, it’s happened. If it’s happened, it’s not impossible.
There’s a reason why the final totals are not counted until June 30. The “snow year” goes from July 1 through June 30.
One must always assume that the chance exists up until the latest-ever observed date. We’re not there yet.
Yup. But it backed off.
I know, but just the same it may un-back-off a couple runs from now. Just short range guidance.
Thanks, TK.
Old Man Winter strikes again in April. Today definitely had a wintry feel to it, even though there wasn’t any accumulating snow in Boston.
Pretty amazing to see so much snow in Worcester.
Here are a couple photos I took from inside the house this morning:
https://ibb.co/q3cY9fsY
https://ibb.co/jvHy4728
Wow !
I echo Tom.
WOW
So thankful that after Sunday, it looks like this awful, no-good, crappy April weather comes to an end. It was crazy with people waiting in line this morning at my record shop for record store day. Had to let people in early they were so cold.
Seasonal Snowfall to date:
ORH = 41.2”
BOS = 28.1”
NYC = 12.9”
Worcester storm total = 7.4”
What a wonderful morning to live on the South Coast! Ugh!
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