Jan 4, 2018
Low pressure moved north from the Florida coast and deepened, passing southeast of Nantucket on Thursday January 4. The storm reached its lowest pressure and strongest pressure gradient as it passed Southern New England. This brought heavy snow and damaging winds to Massachusetts, and caused near-blizzard conditions at Boston, Worcester, and Plymouth. The strong northeast wind also created a high storm surge along the eastern Massachusetts coast. The storm moved off through the Maritimes on Ja
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 733211). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Barnstable County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.