MASSACHUSETTS – Boston, Worcester, Springfield and Lowell face another winter shaped by New England’s unpredictable weather patterns. Massachusetts historically averages approximately 51.24 inches of annual snowfall statewide, based on weather-station averages. Despite El Niño’s influence, significant snowstorms, dangerous cold and travel disruptions remain possible through March 2027.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), its October 15, 2026, outlook favors above-normal temperatures across Massachusetts from December through February. Above-normal precipitation is also favored statewide, with probabilities generally around 33% to 50%, depending on location. These seasonal projections concern temperatures and total precipitation, not specific snowfall accumulations.
What Massachusetts’ Snowfall History Actually Shows The state’s 51.24-inch historical snowfall average represents measurements averaged across weather stations, not Boston’s individual snowfall history…