How much did it snow on Cape Cod? Updated snow totals from Tuesday's storm.

Alison Bosma, Cape Cod Times
Updated ·2 min read

Tuesday's winter storm started as rain on Cape Cod and quickly ramped up into heavy snow.

Each storm, trained spotters, National Weather Service employees and others report snowfall numbers to the National Weather Service. Cape Codders started sending in their observations by at least late morning and kept sending them through the evening. Wednesday morning the snow stopped falling.

Most of the final snow totals topped 5 inches, and a few spotters reported 8 inches or more.

Because these are observations, largely by volunteers, the snowfall reports do not include each Cape Cod town and are not evenly updated. The time of each recording is noted and all recordings were made Tuesday.

Barnstable police direct traffic after a large branch fell across Route 28 in Marstons Mills Tuesday afternoon. Traffic was backed up while it was removed in the heavy snow.
Barnstable police direct traffic after a large branch fell across Route 28 in Marstons Mills Tuesday afternoon. Traffic was backed up while it was removed in the heavy snow.

See our main coverage of the storm here: LIVE: Cape Cod storm updates: Snow, flooding, winds, power outages

Here are the latest inch counts, as of 7 a.m. Wednesday morning.

How much snow did Cape Cod and the Islands get?

Barnstable County

Forestdale: 8.3 inches at 4:33 p.m.

Sandwich: 8 inches at 3 p.m.

East Dennis: 8 inches at 4:50 p.m.

Brewster: 7.5 inches at 12:44 p.m.

Marstons Mills: 7 inches at 3:25 p.m.

East Falmouth: 6.2 inches at 3:58 p.m.

Hyannis: 6 inches at 1:40 p.m.

Eastham: 6 inches at 3:25 p.m.

Dennis: 6 inches at 4 p.m.

Bourne: 6 inches at 4:45 p.m.

Barnstable: 5.8 inches at 12:43 p.m.

Falmouth: 5.5 inches at 3:25 p.m.

Mashpee: 4.5 inches at 1 p.m.

Chatham: 4.5 inches at 3:25 p.m.

East Harwich: 4 inches at 1:41 p.m.

Pocasset: 1.5 inches at 10:30 a.m.

Dukes County

Chilmark: 9 inches at 2:26 p.m.

Vineyard Haven: 6.5 inches at 1:45 p.m.

Nantucket County

Nantucket: 3.5 inches at 5 p.m.

Who got the most snow on Cape Cod and the Islands?

As of 7 a.m. Wednesday, the title of most snow recorded for Tuesday goes to Martha's Vineyard, with 9 inches in Chilmark at 2:26 p.m. Forestdale, with 8.3 inches, and Sandwich and East Dennis at 8 inches each, were close runners-up.

Who got the most snow in Massachusetts?

The highest inch total for Massachusetts came from East Dudley, with 9.3 inches reported at 1:52 p.m., barely beating Chilmark.

Snowfall reports came in for Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Outside of Massachusetts, a trained spotter in Farmington, Connecticut reported a whopping 15.5 inches at 12:34 p.m., and a handful of totals in that state were over 10 inches.

Thanks to our subscribers, who help make this coverage possible. If you are not a subscriber, please consider supporting quality local journalism with a Cape Cod Times subscription. Here are our subscription plans.

This article originally appeared on Cape Cod Times: Cape Cod weather: Updated snow totals from Tuesday's winter storm