How much snow did Massachusetts get? Here are the totals for April 12
Parts of Massachusetts got up to several inches of snow Friday night into Saturday in an April storm.
The snow postponed a Worcester Red Sox game and a Women in Sports event at Polar Park. The game between the WooSox and the Columbus Clippers will be made up at a later date, which has yet to be announced.
Snow totals in Massachusetts
Ashburnham 8.0"
Ashfield 5.5"
Auburn, 4.5"
Baldwinville, 5.0"
Becket, 5.0"
Bradford 0.7"
Chester 3.8"
Conway, 3.0"
Dalton, 5.0"
East Fitchburg, 5.0"
East Heath, 6.0"
East Longmeadow 0.8"
East Otis, 2.0"
Fitchburg 7.0"
Framingham, 1.0"
Gardner, 7.0"
Grafton 5.0"
Granville 2.5"
Hardwick 5.5"
Heath, 6.0"
Holden 7.0"
Holland, 3.0"
Hubbardston 6.0"
Leicester, 8.0"
Lexington 0.5"
Leyden 5.0"
Lunenberg, 5.0"
Methuen 0.5"
Montgomery, 2.5"
Orange 4.5"
Petersham, 3.0"
Phillipston 4.3"
Plainfield 6.0"
Princeton 9.0"
Royalston, 5.0"
Rutland 7.0"
South Hadley, 2.5"
South Princeton, 8.9"
Spencer 5.0"
Sterling 7.4"
Stow 1.5"
Townsend 5.5"
Warwick 5.0"
Westboro, 3.4"
Why is there snow in April?
We do get some snow in April most years, about 83% of the of all the recorded Aprils in Boston history in fact.
Our rainfall amounts for March and April have been pretty close to average. And despite a couple of very chilly days this week, temperatures are only running about a degree below the average.
