Erin English cleans snow off her car outside her Royalton, Vt., home after the first big snowfall of the year Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. English said she has been working from home since March, but her husband drove to work in the storm. "If he gets stuck, I should probably get the car ready to go," she said. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Erin English cleans snow off her car outside her Royalton, Vt., home after the first big snowfall of the year Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. English said she has been working from home since March, but her husband drove to work in the storm. "If he gets stuck, I should probably get the car ready to go," she said. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Credit: James M. Patterson

In a storm that dumped snow across Vermont and New Hampshire, the Upper Valley was hit the hardest, with area towns logging the highest reported snowfall totals in either state.

Croydon’s 44 inches was the highest measurement in New Hampshire, while Springfield, Vt., tied for the statewide lead with nearby Ludlow; each recorded 41 inches of powder.

Here are some of the snow totals reported by the National Weather Service in Upper Valley communities, listed by county in order of inches accumulated:

Orange County

Thetford Center 15 inches

Strafford 13.5

Tunbridge 10.3

Randolph Center 10

East Randolph 10

Corinth Corners 9.6

Bradford 9

Corinth 9

West Fairlee 4.3

Windsor County

Springfield 41

West Windsor 40

Windsor 39

Hartland 37

Weathersfield 32

Woodstock 24.0

Hartford 22.8

Quechee 21

White River Junction 20.3

Wilder 20

West Norwich 19.8

Pomfret 18

Sharon 17

Barnard 13

Bethel 12

Grafton County

Lebanon 20

Lyme 17

Orange 14

Sullivan County

Croydon 44

Claremont 43

Grantham 38

Newport 38

Sunapee 36

Plainfield 31

Charlestown 23

Cornish 20