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Winter Storm Scott Was a Cross-Country Snowmaker That Brought Boston Its Biggest Snowfall of the Season (RECAP)
Winter Storm Scott Was a Cross-Country Snowmaker That Brought Boston Its Biggest Snowfall of the Season (RECAP)
Jan 17, 2024 3:30 PM

Snow history of Winter Storm Scott March 2-4, 2019.

At a Glance

Scott brought snow to the West, Plains, Midwest and Northeast.Boston picked up 10.6 inches of snow, its biggest snowfall of the season.

Winter Storm Scott took a coast-to-coast journey across the United States, spreading snow from the West to the Plains, Midwest and Northeast in early-March 2019.

Winter Storm Scott was named late-afternoon March 1 with the expectation that naming criteria – that is, winter storm warnings for 2 million people or 400,000 square kilometers – would be met the next day. Criteria was met the afternoon of March 2 as winter storm warnings were added for Pittsburgh and the central Appalachians while remaining for parts of California's Sierra Nevada, much of Colorado and Kansas.

(MORE: The Science Behind Naming Winter Storms)

Winter Storm Scott entered the United States through Northern and Central California late March 1 and brought snow to the Rockies through March 2. Snow spread into the Plains, mid-Mississippi Valley, Ohio Valley and Northeast on March 3.

Parts of eastern Massachusetts, including the Boston area, picked up from Scott. More than were without power in Massachusetts at the height of the storm in the early-morning hours of March 4.

The official total at Boston Logan Airport was 10.6 inches from March 3-4, the first double-digit snowfall total from a single winter storm all season in Boston.

Farther south, from parts of eastern Pennsylvania into southeastern New York and Connecticut late March 3 into early March 4. Armonk, New York, was one location that saw some of the heaviest snow, with a storm total of 11 inches.

Here are some snowfall totals along the path of Winter Storm Scott.

California: 13 inches at Squaw Valley; 12 inches at Alpine Meadows

Colorado: 35 inches near Mount Audubon; 4.3 inches at Denver International Airport

Connecticut: 16.5 inches in Pomfret; 9.9 inches in East Hartford

Delaware: 1 inch in Wilmington

Illinois: 3.4 inches in Belleville; 2 inches in Springfield

Indiana: 2.4 inches in Castleton; 1 inch in Indianapolis

Kansas: 7 inches in Colby; 4.3 inches in Dodge City

Kentucky: 1.5 inches in Warnock and Olive Hill

Maine: 15.1 inches in Roque Bluffs; 2.4 inches in Caribou

Maryland: 7.3 inches near Sabillasville; 0.2 inches in Baltimore

Massachusetts: 17.5 inches in Milford; 10.6 inches at Boston Logan Airport

Missouri: 4 inches in Freeman; 2.3 inches in St. Louis

Nebraska: 7 inches near Gering; 6.2 inches near North Platte

New Hampshire: 10 inches in Hudson; 5.8 inches in Concord

New Jersey: 9.4 inches in Franklin Lakes; 4.4 inches in Newark

New York: 11 inches in Armonk; 5 inches in Central Park

Ohio: 4 inches in Martins Ferry; 2 inches in Cincinnati

Oklahoma: 2.5 inches in Boise City; Up to 1 inch in Tulsa

Pennsylvania: 7.7 inches in Spring Township; 1 inch in Philadelphia

Rhode Island: 17 inches in Burrillville; 9 inches in Providence

Utah: 9 inches in Heber City and Park City; 2.2 inches in Salt Lake City

Vermont: 6.5 inches in Woodford; 2.1 inches in Rutland

Virginia: 4.5 inches near Basye; 1.9 inches in Winchester

West Virginia: 12 inches near Kitzmiller

Wyoming: 25.5 inches near Encampment; 4.2 inches in Cheyenne

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