Dec 31, 2007 2:08 pm US/Eastern
Storm Fails To Break December Snow Record
BOSTON (WBZ) ―
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More than six inches of snow fell in Lunenburg Monday.
Walter Niemi
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Picture sent by Ryan Breton, who reports 3 and a half inches in Atkinson, New Hampshire Monday.
Ryan Breton
The latest winter storm brought a messy mix of snow, sleet and rain to New England Monday morning, but it didn't push Boston into record snowfall territory.
The city needed an inch of snow to tie the December record of 27.9 inches set in 1970. But the National Weather Service says just eight-tenths of an inch fell in Boston.
Snowfall was heavier in the western parts of the state, with eight inches recorded in Franklin County.
Lunenburg reported six-and-a-half inches. Two inches fell in Worcester.
There was also plenty of snow in New Hampshire. The National Weather Service in Gray, Maine, said Concord, where New Hampshire records are kept, beat the previous record of 43 inches of snow in December by an inch and a half.
Overall, the storm left 10.1 inches in Concord, and more in other parts of the state.
Logan Airport closed for approximately 20 minutes Monday morning for snow removal and Massport officials advised travelers that flight delays were likely during the day.
Conditions are expected to clear for New Year's Eve. WBZ meteorologist Todd Gutner says it will be partly cloudy and seasonably cold for First Night, with temperatures near 30 degrees and a light wind.
Another storm is expected to move in for the first day of the year.
That storm, which should arrive in the afternoon, could drop 2 to 4 inches of snow in Boston and communities north and west of the city. Southeastern Massachusetts will likely have one inch or less.
Southern New Hampshire could see 6 or more inches.
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