Winter Storm Juno in late January set a snowstorm record for Worcester.ġ. Worcester chalked up its third snowiest season.ġ. Incredibly, they've had 2 of their top 5 snowiest months back-to-back (highlighted below):ġ. February 2015: 53.4 inches2. (Caveat: Except for the April Fools' snowstorm in 1997, there is a gap in the period of record from 1997-2002)įebruary 2015 was their snowiest month, all-time. ( MORE: Melted Snow Reveals Surprising Finds) The previous such record streak of 42 straight days was set in the winter of 1968-1969. Boston also failed to reach 40 degrees from January 20 through March 3, a record streak of 43 consecutive days. 21 (inclusive), breaking the all-time record of 27 consecutive days set Jan. The city recorded 28 consecutive days with lows 20 degrees or colder from Jan. While not a snow record per se, part of the difficulty Boston has faced in dealing with the snow is the persistent cold weather, which has prevented any meaningful snowmelt. Then, as spring officially arrived, they set their record seasonal snowfall previously set in 1995-1996 (144.4 inches). The Blue Hill Observatory in Milton, Massachusetts set an all-time snow depth record on the morning of February 15. It also breaks the record for the month of February, which was previously 13 days set in 19. Most days with measurable snow in a month: 16 in February, topping the record of 14 days in March 1916, January 1923 and January 1994. The record stretch of measurable snow (at least 0.1 inch) was 9 straight days ending on Mar. 12, topping the previous such record stretch of 5 days in 1943. At least 0.5 inch of snow had fallen 6 straight days through Feb. Four calendar days with at least 12 inches of snow, a first for any snow season (previously, only two seasons had as many as two such days, in 61 seasons) 15, 2015 (previous record: 78 days from Dec. Fastest 90-inch snowfall: 23 days from Jan. 10, 2015 (previous record: 73 inches in 45 days from Dec. Fastest six-foot snowfall: 72.5 inches in 18 days from Jan. Record snowfall for meteorological winter (December, January and February): 99.4 inches (previous record: 81.5 inches in 1993-94 of the 107.6 inches in 1995-96, only 79.4 inches came in December, January and February) Incredibly, this 30-day total would be the third snowiest season! 22, 2015, inclusive (previous record: 58.8 inches from Jan. Record 30-day snowfall: 94.4 inches from Jan. Other records Boston has set during this stretch include: In just over two years, we've had three of the top seven heaviest snowstorms in Boston. Winter Storms Juno and Marcus each made the top 10 heaviest Boston snowstorms, all-time.ġ. 1919-1920: 73.4 inchesįor perspective, the average seasonal snowfall at Logan Airport is 43.5 inches.įebruary 2015 obliterated the previous snowiest month on record in Boston.ġ. The city has since picked up another two inches of snow since breaking the record.ġ. (These counts cover the period from July 1 through June 30, to include snow in the fall and spring months.) In the last 21 years, Boston has now had 4 of its top 5 snowiest seasons. BostonĪs of 7 pm EDT on March 15, the National Weather Service in Boston announced that Boston Logan Airport received 108.6 inches of snow, officially making the 2014-2015 season the all time snowiest season for the city. Click on each bolded city link for the latest forecast. A six-week-plus snow siege in January-February 2015 had parts of New England blowing past all-time records.īelow, we have a rundown of heaviest snowstorm, snowiest month and season lists for the hardest hit parts of New England.
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