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    First snow · Massachusetts

    When is the first snow in Massachusetts?

    In Massachusetts, Boston’s first measurable snow usually lands around December 2.

    Massachusetts gets its first snow in early December and complains about it louder than anywhere else.
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    That makes Massachusetts number 28 of the 36 states we track, earliest first.

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    Snow in the next 5 days?

    • No. There’s no snow in the Boston forecast for the next 5 days.

    Live 5-day forecast and current temperature from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Winter warnings from the National Weather Service.

    First snow, city by city

    CityUsually around8 winters in 10Snow a winter
    BostonDecember 2October 30 to December 20about 49 in

    Usually around is the middle date across 30 winters. In 8 winters out of 10, the first snow lands inside the range.

    States on the same snow schedule

    Every state’s first snow, earliest first

    Source: NOAA daily snowfall records for each city’s official station, winters 1991 to 2020, via the Applied Climate Information System. First snow here means the first day with at least a tenth of an inch.

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