Average Snowfall for Massachusetts in January

The tables below give monthly averages for snowfall during January at cities, communities and other locations around Massachusetts. The numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres) this month.

The snowfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Cape Cod and Islands, Eastern, Central and Western Massachusetts.

Cape Cod and Islands

Average total snowfall in January
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
3.6 Chatham 7.5 19.1
3.5 Edgartown 8.8 22.4
2.3 Hyannis 9.5 24.1

Eastern Massachusetts

January snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
6.6 Boston 14.3 36.3
2.2 Brockton 9.1 23.1
4.6 East Wareham 12.9 32.8
7.0 Great Blue Hill, Milton 18.2 46.2
5.8 Haverhill 16.2 41.1
7.6 Hingham 14.8 37.6
4.0 Marblehead 13.3 33.8
4.3 New Bedford 10.9 27.7
6.9 Newburyport 18.0 45.7
4.7 Plymouth 10.1 25.7
3.6 Taunton 8.3 21.1

Central Massachusetts

Average snow for January
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
5.6 Amherst 8.1 20.6
6.7 Barre Falls Reservoir Dam 13.6 34.5
4.1 Buffumville Lake 14.2 36.1
6.7 East Brimfield Lake 13.4 34.0
5.7 Tully Lake 14.3 36.3
7.5 Worcester 18.2 46.2

Western Massachusetts

January snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
13.0 Worthington 19.3 49.0
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

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