Final Snowfall Totals For Massachusetts Towns: Patch PM

MASSACHUSETTS —It's Friday, Dec. 18. Here are the top stories Patch has been covering in Massachusetts today.

Following Thursday's nor'easter, Massachusetts has seen more snowfall this winter than it did in all of last winter. The storm, which at times dumped snow at a rate of 1-2 inches per hour in Massachusetts, also broke the previous daily snowfall record for Dec. 17.

We've updated our list of snowfall totals by town. In greater Boston, areas west of the city were hardest hit, with Grafton getting 16.1 inches and Waltham receiving 16 inches, according to unofficial measurements submitted to the National Weather Service in Boston.

The official snowfall total for Boston at Logan Airport was 12.7 inches, in line with most forecasters' predictions of 8 to 14 inches for Thursday's storm.

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