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Words like “unprecedented” and “shattered records” have been thrown around freely to describe the recent snowfall accumulations and rightfully so. The winter weather has brought Boston almost to a complete halt, crippling public transit, closing public schools and prompting employers to let their employees work from home.

So how much snow have we received, exactly? It’s difficult to truly conceptualize even though we can take look out the window and see the massive snowbanks continue to grow, because it extends far beyond our points of view to much of the region.

Here’s a quick breakdown by the numbers of how much snow we’ve received, and the amount of work city personnel have put in to clear it for us:

77.3

Boston has received 77.3 inches of snow this season, the most on record. The 30 day record of 68 inches was also broken. Gov. Baker, who stands at 6 feet 6 inches tall, registers at 78 total inches.

90

Gov. Charlie Baker stated that MassDOT crews have cleared enough snow off state-controlled roads to fill Gillette Stadiums, home of the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots, 90 times.

59,480

Boston crews have utilized more than 59,ooo tons of salt to help melt the snow on the roads. That’s almost 119 billion pounds or, for you Pats fans out there 366,030, Vince Wilforks. The Patriots defensive lineman is listed at 325 pounds.

 118,390

Plows have also been clearing the city’s roads for a combined 118,390 hours or 13.5 years on end. That’s enough to have played the longest professional baseball game (between the minor league Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings) 10,370 times. The game lasted 11 hours and 25 minutes over 33 innings.

226,992

That’s the number of miles of road cleared by Boston plows. The circumference of the Earth is 24,901 miles which means Boston plows have essentially circled the globe 9 times combined. Or, to put to a local spin on it, Boston plows have run 8,657 Boston Marathons.

61,933,000 

WBUR did the math for the young at heart, calculating that the amount of snow delivered to Boston’s snow farms could make more than 61 million 6-inch snowballs. The publication determined 39,000 snow forts could also be built, setting the stage for the most epic snowball fight possibly ever.