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How Much Snow Did Winchester Get From the Groundhog Day Storm?

See how Winchester's snowfall stacked up against other Middlesex County towns.

Winchester picked up 13 inches of snow from the Groundhog Day snowstorm on Monday, according to the National Weather Service.

Thirteen inches was enough for Winchester Public Schools to cancel classes on Monday and Tuesday.

The Town received a total of 29 inches of snow during last week’s Blizzard of 2015.

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This means Winchester picked up a combined 42 inches of snow from the Blizzard of 2015 and Groundhog Day storm. That doesn’t count the few inches we got from a smaller storm in between the bigger storms.

The Town has accumulated about 3.5 feet of snow in a week -- after a relatively snow-less winter before the past week.

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Winchester didn’t get much snow compared to other towns in Middlesex County. The Town received the 28th most amount of snowfall in the county, NWS reports.

Here is NWS’ Top 10 towns that received the most snow in Middlesex County:

  1. Wakefield— 17 inches
  2. Lexington— 16.3 inches
  3. Wilmington— 16 inches
  4. West Newton— 16 inches
  5. North Reading— 16 inches
  6. Stoneham— 16 inches
  7. Woburn— 16 inches
  8. Littleton— 16 inches
  9. Dracut— 15.9 inches
  10. Reading— 15.5 inches

Worcester County picked up the most snowfall from the Groundhog Day storm. Leominster got 20.7 inches, Lunenberg received 19.5 inches and Westminster got 19 inches.

CBSBoston reported that the past week has been the snowiest seven days in Boston on record.

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