There's a lot that goes into trying to determine who will get what during a winter storm in New England. Here's a breakdown of the most important factors. THE THREE BASIC STORM TRACKS While there are many facets to winter weather in New England, nearly all storm systems can be boiled down to three basic tracks. The track of a storm system through the region can often play the biggest role in the precipitation type; where in New England it will rain, where it will snow and whe

Throughout much of last winter, New England began to creep toward drought conditions as much of the season saw long stretches of cold and dry weather. By the start of 2025, much of New England was in moderate or severe drought conditions. A rather wet spring came along (with a wetter end to winter as well) and eased those drought concerns. This was punctuated by May of 2025, which saw much of New England receive 150 to 200% of normal precipitation for the month. Even as recen

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During the mid-morning hours of Sunday, August 18th, 2024, a flash flood warning was issued for the southwest corner of Connecticut. By...

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This is a developing situation in Vermont; New details will emerge and existing details may change A stalled frontal boundary...

A thump of severe weather across New England Thursday brought tens of thousands of power outages to New England, along with other wind...

For a fleeting few hours on Saturday morning, it seemed like a full-fledged, mid-winter type snowstorm across portions of southern New...

A widespread 3-6 inches of snow fell across southern and central New England Saturday morning with a band of 6-10 inches in central...

One of the biggest points of emphasis here at New England Storm Center when it comes to forecasting is transparency. With that said,...

Two days into this long-duration storm has provided a band of moderate snowfall across northern New England along with a wide swath of...

Yesterday's storm was able to slightly over-perform with its band of snow just north of the rain/snow line. A widespread 4-8" of snow has...

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Thursday was a raw and messy day for much of New England after a widespread 1-4 inches of snow fell. The clear jackpot zone was northern...

A widespread 5-8 inches of snow fell across northern New England with 3-6 inches across southern New England. The zone of highest...

Storm #1 in this stretch has come to an end, and it landed just about as expected. Some areas did have trouble "piling up" the snow as it...

A wide swath of 3-5" of snow fell last night across northern New England. As expected, sharp cutoffs in snowfall were observed to the...

An Alberta clipper zipped through New England overnight, bringing an expected 1-4 inches of snow across a wide swath of New England. The...