DEDHAM, Mass. — Hurricane-force winds were lashing parts of Massachusetts on Monday as a powerful nor’easter unleashed blizzard conditions, closing schools and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people.
The highest gusts were recorded on Cape and the Islands, where 70 mph winds were battering Barnstable County, leaving residents in the dark as the storm raged.
Snow was also piling up, with more than a foot already on the ground in many communities.
Here is a town-by-town list of the strongest wind gusts so far, according to the National Weather Service:
- Wellfleet – 77 MPH
- Norwell – 73 MPH
- Chatham – 72 MPH
- Martha’s Vineyard – 71 MPH
- Hatch Beach – 70 MPH
- Nantucket – 70 MPH
- Hull – 70 MPH
- Hyannis – 69 MPH
- West Dennis – 65 MPH
- Chapin – 65 MPH
- Duxbury Bay – 65 MPH
- New Bedford – 62 MPH
- Horseneck Beach - The Knubbl – 62 MPH
- Children’s Island – 62 MPH
- Vineyard Station – 62 MPH
- Logan – 62 MPH
- Milton (Blue Hill) – 61 MPH
- Worcester – 59 MPH
- Otis AFB – 58 MPH
- Kalmus – 58 MPH
- New Bedford – 58 MPH
- Norwood – 58 MPH
- Plymouth – 58 MPH
This list will be updated as more reports become available.
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