Amherst, MA 2016-17 Snowfall

October - 1.5"

10/27  1.5"

November - Trace

11/20 - Trace (Flurries)

December - 16.6"

12/5 - 1.4" (Light morning snowfall)
12/7 - 0.2" (Light morning snowfall + rain)
12/11-12/12 - 4.8" (Snow overnight turning to mixed precip and rain in the morning)
12/15 - Trace
12/17 - 7" (Thump of snow from early morning ending at about 1PM)
12/23 - 0.2" (Brief snowfall in dry air environment)
12/29 - 3" (Snow started late morning turning into rain by sunset)
12/31 - Trace

January - 4.4"

1/6 - 0.2" (Weak coastal brushes the area)
1/7 - 1.5" (On the fringe of a 12-hour coastal storm. Snowed from 12PM to 12AM)
1/17 - 0.2" (Predominantly rain storm with some snow/sleet mixing in the evening)
1/23 - 1" (Sleet storm)
1/27 - Trace
1/31 - 1.5" (Afternoon clipper that lasted into the morning hours of February 1st)

February - 26.4"

2/1 - 0.7" (Clipper ended in the morning)
2/7 - 1.7" (Snow in the morning, turning into an icy mix and rain in the afternoon)
2/9 - 15" (Snowed from 6AM to 3PM, 9 hours in total. Coastal storm brought heavy snow. An intense band of snow affected the area and snowfall rates probably got as high as 4"/hr. Best storm since Blizzard of 2013.)
2/10-2/11 - 2.1" (Light snow from a passing clipper overnight)
2/12 - 6.9" (Coastal storm brought moderate snow at times. Started in the morning and lasting until sunset)
2/26 - Trace

March - 9.5"

3/2 - Trace (A few flurries in the morning)
3/3 - Trace (Snow showers in the evening)
3/10 - Trace (Morning snow from a clipper to the south)
3/14 - 9.5" ("Blizzard of 2017" - Fast-moving storm that brought heavy snowfall rates peaking in the early afternoon)
3/22 - Trace (Few snow squalls in the morning)
3/24 - Trace (1-2 hour snow squall around noon)
3/31 - Trace (Rain/snow mix in the morning)

April - 1.8"

4/1 - 1.8" (Snow in the morning at the tail end of a two-day storm system)

TOTAL (AS OF 4/2): 60.2"

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