Some areas of Massachusetts had already received over a foot of snow as of Sunday afternoon , and by evening, a foot and a half had fallen on one part of the Merrimack Valley. (See updated maps below.)
The jackpot towns for the state were Dunstable, Haverhill (where students had a snow day on Monday), Tyngsboro and Princeton, which each received at least 15 inches of snow. Just over the New Hampshire border, Newton, Plaistow and Windham reported receiving at least a foot of snow, as did Wolfeboro and Tuftonboro in the Lakes Region.
Parts of Maine, Vermont and Connecticut reached a foot of snow as well.
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A person uses a snowblower to clear snow in front of a home in Methuen, Massachusetts, on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. Forecasters had warned that a deluge of snow and wintery conditions could bring travel chaos to the U.S. Northeast this weekend, with some 25 million people subject to a storm warning.
Romelle Baker-Jarvis
Shrewsbury, Mass.: “A foot of perfect snow on the ground with more on the way! Birch trees are severely bent over and loaded with snow, but they are not broken.”
Lois Parker
A dog playing in the snow in a storm that hit Massachusetts on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024.
Jim Donahue
Nearly 1 foot of snow fell in Methuen, Massachusetts, by 7:45 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. “Yardstick in open section of paved driveway (not in a drift of any kind). Fun!” Jim Donahue noted when sending the photo to NBC10 Boston.
Frank Kelly
Plenty of snow fell in Nashua, New Hampshire, by Sunday morning.
NBC10 Boston
A jack-knifed truck on Interstate 95 on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, as a snowstorm hit Massachusetts.
Grace Ellis
Snow in Leominster, Mass.
Romelle Baker-Jarvis
Shrewsbury easily received a foot of snow with more still falling. Pictures are of our birch trees out front a testing to their quality of being flexible when heavy. They are severely bent and loaded with snow but not broken.
–Romelle Baker-Jarvis
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New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick looks on in the snow before a game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024.
Maddie & Gigi in Boylston, Mass.
Paige Whittingham
A pair of dogs named Dublin and Willie
Paige Whittingham in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
Susan Abigail Gomes
Police assisting a car stuck in the snow in Methuen, Massachusetts, during a snow storm on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024.
Susan Abigail Gomes
People outside a car stuck in the snow in Methuen, Massachusetts, during a snow storm on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024.
Daniel Carter
A snowy body of water in Salem
Here's a look at snowfall totals across the region, according to the National Weather Service .
Massachusetts
Haverhill: 18"
Lunenburg: 17.1"
Groveland: 17"
Newbury: 16.8"
Pepperell: 16.2"
West Newbury: 16"
Harvard: 16"
Townsend: 16"
Leominster: 15.9"
Andover: 15.6"
Dunstable: 15-18"
A map showing snow totals in select cities from a winter storm as of Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024.
Eighteen inches of snow fell in Dunstable, Massachusetts, by Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, from a winter storm that blanketed parts of the state.
New Hampshire
Salem: 17"
Brookline: 15"
Newton: 14"
Hollis: 13.4"
Plaistow 13"
New Ipswich: 12.5"
Nashua: 12.3"
Wolfeboro 12.1"
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Maine
Hollis: 17.2"
Acton: 14.5"
Bridgeton: 14"
Cumberland: 13.9"
Connecticut
Barkhamsted: 12.5"
Winsted: 12.5"
Simsbury: 12.5"
Norfolk: 12"
Colebrook: 11.7"
Vermont
West Barnet: 16"
Groton: 15"
Barnet: 14.8"
Orange: 14.5"
Washington: 14"
West Newbury: 14"
Chelsea: 14"
Corinth: 14"
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