#T1Adams
Berkshire County · 7,934 people20 days a year with an inch or more·Worthington station, 31 km
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Snowiest towns in Massachusetts
Adams gets the most snow of Massachusetts’ 281 towns of 2,500+ with a snow record: about 77 inches in a normal winter at its NOAA station. Barnstable Town gets the least, about 22 inches; 73 of the 281 average 60 inches or more.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at each town’s nearest station with a snow record (named in each row). A described list: no letters. How grades work
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#T1Cheshire
Berkshire County · 3,180 people20 days a year with an inch or more·Worthington station, 27 km
#T1Dalton
Berkshire County · 6,157 people20 days a year with an inch or more·Worthington station, 22 km
All 281 towns
Snow in a normal winter, most first. Towns that share a station share its figure and rank (T = tied; 278 towns here share a station).
281 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
#TownSnow a yearDays with 1″+NOAA station
A station’s normal can differ from the town’s own when the station sits higher or lower; each town’s Climate page names its station and checks it.
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which Massachusetts town gets the most snow?
Pittsfield (Berkshire County), about 77 inches in a normal winter at the Worthington station.
What part of Massachusetts gets the least amount of snow?
Among towns of 2,500+, the least snow falls in Barnstable Town (Barnstable County, about 22 in), Dennis (Barnstable County, about 22 in), Yarmouth (Barnstable County, about 22 in), on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals at each town’s station. See the towns with the least snow.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents (283 in Massachusetts) whose nearest station has a snow normal of an inch or more; 2 have no station with a snow record. Smaller towns show their snow on their own Climate page.
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Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.
Best places to live282 towns · #1 WenhamBest small towns98 towns · #1 WenhamMost affordable towns282 towns · #1 CarlisleSafest towns276 towns · #1 GrovelandTowns with the best schools283 towns · #1 Carlisle and SouthboroughHealthiest towns279 towns · #1 SherbornBest towns for jobs & income283 towns · #1 Lincoln and WestonMost walkable towns283 towns · #1 CambridgeTowns with the lowest natural-hazard risk283 towns · #1 AvonBest towns for the outdoors283 towns · #1 Provincetown and WellfleetMost historic towns283 towns · #1 NewburyportTowns with the most civic life283 towns · #1 Oak BluffsTowns with the least snow281 towns · #1 Barnstable TownDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters324 towns · #1 NantucketDescribed, no lettersTowns with the hottest summers324 towns · #1 Agawam Town and WestfieldDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers324 towns · #1 NantucketDescribed, no lettersTowns with the highest incomes283 towns · #1 Carlisle and 4 moreDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest property taxes246 towns · #1 DennisDescribed, no lettersFastest-growing towns284 towns · #1 WilliamstownDescribed, no lettersTowns with the most-used libraries263 towns · #1 ProvincetownDescribed, no letters
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