MA Blizzard 2026: 250K Still In Dark, 3 Feet Of Snow, More Winter On The Way

Updated 12:30 p.m.

More than 250,000 Massachusetts residents were still without power on Tuesday morning — as a travel ban was in place for southeastern parts of the state where more than three feet of snow decimated cities and towns — as the region looks to dig out from Blizzard 2026.

Most students in eastern and central Massachusetts schools had yet another February vacation extension on Tuesday, while some municipalities kept town offices closed and parking bans in place for another day.

A travel ban remained in effect for Barnstable, Bristol, Plymouth and Dukes counties early on Tuesday following Gov. Maura Healey's executive order on Monday.

She lifted the ban as of noon on Tuesday.

"The state of emergency remains in effect for some counties, and we urge people to continue using caution and stay home today if possible to allow crews to do their work," Healey said. "Our teams continue to be out in full force to support cities and towns after this storm, providing equipment and personnel to help with snow removal and other efforts.

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"We know that there are still many households without power, and the utilities are working hard to assess damage and restore power as quickly and safely as possible. We thank the people of Massachusetts for their patience and caution while we work to get back to normal, and we are especially grateful for all of the workers who continue to be out here around the clock to deliver for our communities."

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The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency reported 250,959 customers without power as of 11 a.m., as several towns on Cape Cod were nearly or completely in the dark.

Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, Eastham and Brewster were 100 percent without power, while Chatham was at 94 percent, Falmouth was at 93 percent, Mashpee was at 89 percent, Yarmouth was at 86 percent, and Barnstable was at 79 percent.

More than 25,000 Barnstable customers were without power, with 23,000 customers in Falmouth and Plymouth in the dark.

National Grid and Eversource representatives said it could take three to five days to fully restore services as crews deal with deep snowpacks and a lingering wind that prevented recovery operations from beginning in earnest until Tuesday morning.

National Grid said the most impacted customers will be restored within approximately two days, though timelines will vary based on damage and access.

"This was a powerful and damaging storm, and our crews have been working around the clock as conditions allow to restore service safely," said Chris Laird, Chief Operating Officer of National Grid New England Electric. "We planned extensively for this event, staged crews ahead of time, and now we’re fully focused on a multi‑day restoration effort to get customers back online as quickly and safely as possible."

Dartmouth topped the list of South Coast cities and towns with more than 30 inches of snow from the storm with 37 inches, as reported to the National Weather Service.

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Here are some of the other top snow totals across MA (NWS):

• 37.0 inches — Dartmouth
• 36.0 inches — Kingston
• 36.0 inches — Lakeville
• 36.0 inches — Somerset
• 32.5 inches — Sharon
• 32.0 inches — Scituate
• 32.0 inches — Attleboro
• 32.0 inches — Dighton
• 31.8 inches — Norton
• 31.0 inches — New Bedford
• 31.0 inches — Brockton
• 30.0 inches — Bridgewater
• 25.0 inches — Stoughton
• 24.5 inches — Foxborough
• 22.5 inches — Harvard
• 22.0 inches — Gloucester
• 21.0 inches — Andover
• 20.0 inches — Malden
• 19.5 inches — Milford
• 18.5 inches — Winchester
• 16.9 inches — Logan Airport, Boston (official)
• 13.7 inches — Worcester Airport (official)

Tuesday will be a good day to begin cleanup with sunny and cold conditions and a high of 30 degrees.

Wednesday brings another shot of snow — but this will be much less impactful — with 1 to 3 inches expected across the state starting at mid-morning and lasting into the afternoon.

There will be a warm-up to follow and assist in some melting with highs in the 40s on both Saturday and Sunday.

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