Snow totals in Boston and across Massachusetts from Blizzard of February 23, 2026
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Key Points:
- The Blizzard of 2026 brought heavy, wet snow rapidly across the Boston area, causing widespread power outages, with southeastern Massachusetts experiencing the heaviest snowfall at rates up to four inches per hour.
- Providence, Rhode Island, set a new snowfall record with 37.9 inches, surpassing the previous record of 28.6 inches from the Blizzard of 1978.
- Boston received about 17 inches of snow by Monday evening, pushing the season's total snowfall to over 60 inches, marking the first above-average snowfall season in four years.
- Snowfall data has been compiled from the National Weather Service, Rob Macedo (SKYWARN Coordinator), and WBZ-TV Weather Watchers to track the storm's
