A quick but strong winter storm swept across the East Coast Sunday night bringing nearly five inches of snow to Downtown Boston.
Overnight, between one and eight inches of snow blanketed Massachusetts and brought icy road conditions to the Monday morning commute. City crews were quick to hit the streets plowing and salting roads and sidewalks. Temperatures are expected to drop to the single digits by midweek, likely turning any leftover snow to rock hard ice.
The frigid temperatures didn’t stop college students from enjoying the snow. On the Boston Common, students were seen making snowmen, having snowball fights, and sledding. See photos of the storm and aftermath captured by Beacon photographers.
John McCarrick brushes snow off his car on Commonwealth Avenue. in Boston on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)A man uses a snowblower to clear the Frog Pond Skating Rink Monday morning. Later in the day the ice was filled with skates celebrating their snowy day off. (Madla Walsh/ Beacon Staff)People walk into a snow covered Public Garden on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)Partially shoveled sidewalks in the Chinatown neighborhood of Boston on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Marley Noiwan for The Berkeley Beacon)Snow covered trees line Commonwealth Avenue on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)A man in Chinatown blows the snow from the sidewalk onto parked cars. (Madla Walsh/ Beacon Staff)The fencing bordering the Public Garden blanketed with snow on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)People carrying sleds walk through the Boston Common on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Marley Noiwan for The Berkeley Beacon)The first sledders of the day slip down the soft snow on the hill in Boston Common. (Madla Walsh/ Beacon Staff)College students Abigail Hindman and Dawson Chang building a snowman on the Boston Common Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)People walking across the famed foot bridge in the Public Garden on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)Snow flurries falling in the Fenway neighborhood on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (Ari Mei-Dan/Beacon Staff)A person walking through the Public Gardens on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)Streets in Chinatown covered with a layer of snow Monday morning, Jan. 20, 2025. (Marley Noiwan for The Berkeley Beacon)Snow dusts Boston Common early Monday morning. (Madla Walsh/ Beacon Staff)
Arthur Mansavage (he/him) is a junior Journalism major from Carmel, Indiana. Currently he serves as the Photography Editor and Audience Development Editor. As the Photo Editor he oversees all photo content for online and in-print and as the Audience Development Editor he oversees and manages reader experience and engagement.
Ari Mei-Dan (she/her) is a third-year VMA major and political science minor from Boulder, Colorado. As a staff photographer for the Beacon, Ari’s focus lies in capturing people and their interactions with each other — whether that be concert photography, street photography, or whatever else catches her attention. Outside of the Beacon, Ari is also a photographer for Milk Crate WECB. Originally from Israel, you can find Ari cooking, going on runs, watching films, and going to jazz clubs.
Madla Walsh (she/her) is a junior from Barrington, New Hampshire. She is a journalism major and double photography and creative writing minor. She is a staff photographer for the Beacon. In her free time she enjoys writing, hiking, and more photography.
