Boston sees heaviest snowfall in nearly 3 years as winter storm clips I-95 corridor in Northeast
Boston's famed Fenway Park reported a solid 6 inches of snow on the hallowed ground of the Boston Red Sox, while the city's Logan Airport received 5.2 inches. It was the largest snow accumulation in the city since the Blizzard of January 2022.
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About 1-2 inches of snow fell across New York City Saturday morning, bring the first measurable now to the Big Apple since February. FOX Weather's Brandy Campbell shows the wintry scenes in Brooklyn.
BOSTON – Several inches of snow fell Friday evening into Saturday morning across parts of the Northeast, and with snowflakes even reaching the Interstate 95 corridor from Philadelphia through New York and into Boston for a period of potentially slippery travel during what was thought to be one of the busiest travel periods of the year.
About 3-6 inches of snow fell across eastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island and eastern Connecticut by Saturday morning. Boston's famed Fenway Park reported a solid 6 inches of snow on the hallowed ground of the Boston Red Sox, while the city's Logan Airport received 5.2 inches. It was the largest snow accumulation in the city since the Blizzard of January 2022.
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To the west, about 2-3 inches of snow fell in Providence, Rhode Island and out east of Hartford, Connecticut.
The wintry weather wasn't kind to airport travelers, with over 13,000 flights delayed and hundreds canceled on Friday.
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - DECEMBER 21: People make their way through the Boston Public Garden following a snowstorm on December 21, 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston received over 5 inches of snow the previous day.
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Airports in Boston and New York were some of the hardest hit, with poor visibility and deicing efforts slowing travel.
Boston Public Works said they had around 400 pieces of equipment out treating and clearing roads on Friday evening, but the weather had already caused crashes around the commonwealth.
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The eastbound lanes of Interstate 90/Mass Pike were closed early Friday afternoon after multiple semi trucks collided, according to Auburn Fire Rescue. There were no reported injuries. A separate crash near the same area in the westbound lanes about four hours later did cause some reported injuries, Auburn Fire Rescue said.
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Image 1 of 4Semis crash on Interstate 90 in Auburn, Mass. on Dec. 20, 2024. (Auburn Fire Rescue)
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Image 2 of 4Semis crash on Interstate 90 in Auburn, Mass. on Dec. 20, 2024. (Auburn Fire Rescue)
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Image 3 of 4Semis crash on Interstate 90 in Auburn, Mass. on Dec. 20, 2024. (Auburn Fire Rescue)
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Image 4 of 4Semis crash on Interstate 90 in Auburn, Mass. on Dec. 20, 2024. (Auburn Fire Rescue)
New York City gets first measurable snow of season
Lighter snow spread south along the Interstate 95 corridor into New York City and Philadelphia into Saturday morning. New York City and Newark, New Jersey both reported around 2 inches of snow, marking the first measurable snow of the season and the largest December snow since 2021.
Tree falls on home in Little Falls, New Jersey on Dec. 21, 2024.
"This is what I'm calling ‘Narnia’," FOX Weather Correspondent Brandy Campbell said as she reported from Brooklyn Park Saturday morning. "It's kind of like you step into another world here again on the first day of winter. It is so pretty. You can see the snow is just really covering or partially covering the trees, building up on these bare limbs that no longer have leaves any more."
Snowfall in Brooklyn Bridge Park on Dec. 21, 2024.
The snowfall was courtesy of a fast-moving weather system coming out of Canada, known as a Alberta Clipper.
Meanwhile, a coastal low off the East Coast brought additional energy spinning up off the Carolinas.
HOBOKEN, NJ - DECEMBER 21: A person walks through a park in front of the skyline of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center in New York City after an overnight snowfall on December 21, 2024, in Hoboken, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
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"You sometimes get what's called an East Coast energy transfer, where you get the energy from the clipper system that almost gets absorbed into this East Coast storm as this thing rolls up the coastline," FOX Weather Meteorologist Michael Estime said.
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Following the quick shot of snow, temperatures will plunge through early next week into the teens and single digits across the Northeast before rebounding for Christmas.