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