How Much Snow Fell In Melrose During Sunday/Monday Storm?

MELROSE, MA — Accumulation wasn’t major, but snow totals around Boston still beat initial projections over the course of a lengthy storm this week, according to unofficial measurements from the National Weather Service’s Boston office.

Snow showers filtered into the region on Sunday, with officials warning of a 24-hour snow event most prominently impacting Eastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod.

Forecasters eventually expanded a winter weather advisory in include parts of Greater Boston, the North Shore and southern New Hampshire as parts of the storm outlook shifted.

By Monday morning, at least one measurement in Falmouth led the state in snow accumulation with 3.7 inches of snow documented as of 7 a.m.

Snow totals were lower in other nearby locations, with two inches measured in the Waquoit Village area of Falmouth, also at 7 a.m.

In the Boston area, Logan Airport saw 3.4 inches as of 9:36 a.m. on Monday. Chelsea recorded three inches of snow, according to one measurement at 7:10 a.m. As was the case in Falmouth, though, higher totals weren’t widespread, with a measurement in Jamaica Plain at 8 a.m. on Monday showing just 0.9 inches.

Further outside Boston, Melrose recorded 1.2 inches of snow at 7 a.m. Medford saw one inch of snow, also at 7 a.m. Some locations further north and to the east saw snow totals tick upward, with 2.5 inches in Reading at 8:05 a.m. and 1.9 inches in Maynard at 7 a.m.

Littleton saw the most snow in Middlesex County as documented through National Weather Service measurements, with three inches of snow as of 7:35 a.m.

National Weather Service snow measurements come from a variety of sources, including trained spotters, weather service employees and other volunteer observers.

As a result, the weather service cautions that measurements are considered unofficial.

Measurements early Monday morning additionally missed some snow seen later in the day, with at least one additional band of heavy snow sweeping through the region after 11 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.

Bad weather to start the week caused some problems on area roadways, leading to at least two crashes in Brookline. A pair of cars hit the same tree in town within minutes of eachother, according to Brookline police.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation had as many as 1,000 pieces of equipment in service on area roads in Massachusetts at one point on Monday morning working on snow and ice removal as pavement temperatures remained at or below freezing across the state.

Temperatures fell further across Massachusetts on Monday night. Forecasters on Tuesday morning then projected temperatures would rise, eyeing highs in the mid- to upper 40s for Tuesday.

“Abundant sunshine,” the National Weather Service said, will be replaced by increasing clouds in the afternoon with some spotty rain showers.

A longer-term weather outlook for Melrose from AccuWeather this week projects highs above 40 degrees through Thursday with slightly cooler temperatures on Friday alongside a chance of snow.