Boston could record the snowiest winter season in its recorded history on Sunday night. With an accumulation total of 102 inches, Boston needs to see 5.7 inches of snow to surpass the previous record of 107.6 inches.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for Boston and is predicting 3 to 6 inches of snow for the area,
The current record was set during the 1995-1996 winter.
“We have come this far, we might as well break the record,” said William Babcock, National Weather Service meteorologist in the Taunton, Massachusetts office. “We have a couple of storms to push us over the record. Once that is done we won’t complain if we don’t get any more snow.”
The hefty snow total isn’t the only phenomenon created by Mother Nature that’s grabbing headlines. Freezing cold temperatures have accompanied the snow and along with causing severe problems for the MBTA and Boston commuters, it’s frozen over the Charles River and people were seen enjoying it.
According to The Weather Channel, the following records were also set this season:
- Record 30-day snowfall: 94.4 inches from Jan. 24- Feb. 22, 2015, inclusive (previous record: 58.8 inches from Jan. 9 – Feb. 7, 1978). Incredibly, this 30-day total would be the third snowiest season
- Fastest six-foot snowfall: 72.5 inches in 18 days from Jan. 24 – Feb. 10, 2015 (previous record: 73 inches in 45 days from Dec. 29, 1993 to Feb. 11, 1994)
- 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 1977-1978 and 1960-1961 seasons)
- The Blue Hill Observatory in Milton, Massachusetts set an all-time snow depth record on the morning of February 15.
