Boston has officially had its snowiest winter on record — getting 108.6 inches of snow.
This was Boston’s worst winter in more than 100 years
Lauren Katz is a senior project manager at Vox, focusing on newsroom-wide editorial initiatives as well as podcast engagement strategy.
The previous record was 107.6 inches, set in 1995 to 1996. The city just surpassed the old record with another 2.9 inches of snow on Sunday night. Surviving the Red Line has a new meaning.
Here is a graphical display of Boston's snow statistics since 1938. pic.twitter.com/s8C2Gp63fr
— NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) March 16, 2015 This was an incredibly brutal winter for Boston. The city saw four blizzards in the three weeks between January 27 and February 15. Parking, among other things, became a nightmare. The mayor had to ask people to stop jumping out of windows into piles of snow as part of the #BostonBlizzardChallenge.
The official snowfall measured between December and February was 99.4 inches, WBUR reported. It's possible that the total snowfall count for the season, which is measured from July 1 through June 30, could still go up.
Here’s a quick look back at what residents had to deal with this winter:
Snow pile vs. normal sized person in South Boston #snowboston pic.twitter.com/Hh396o6et4
— Cynthia White (@cynthiaewhite) February 15, 2015 Poor Boston; this pile is one of the "snow farms" at MIT - BEFORE this weekend's storm hit. pic.twitter.com/Et7XqSZXCw
— Bernie Davidow (@Bernietd) February 15, 2015 Sign says "car buried under this pile!!!" #Boston pic.twitter.com/Uvttwnxnl1
— wifi material (@melbatoastmarie) March 8, 2015 Nice snow covered shot of #Boston from the air. (posted by @dkimbpm) #Snowmageddon2015 pic.twitter.com/rug87xfXlg
— BostonAttitude (@BostonAttitude) March 7, 2015 See More:
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