January 2nd-4th, 1996

January started off on a snowy note. The system that produced the second largest snowfall of the month formed on the 1st over the western Gulf of Mexico. The low steadily moved northeastward with the jet stream, arriving in New England by the afternoon of the 2nd. By the third the low was 996 millibars and was situated just off the coast. In Massachusetts, heavy snow set in along the Massachusetts Turnpike. Along the cape and islands snow changed over to rain as the temperature rose above freezing. Winds were not as high with this storm unlike the previous one. Up to a foot of snow fell in Boston and in the immediate area up to 16 inches of snow fell at Blue Hill. The backlash of the storm gave the islands 2-4 inches of snow. This storm is overshadowed by the Blizzard of '96, which occurred just three days later after this storm departed.