Boston has been walloped by snow this winter, including 23.1 inches in one storm that ended on Monday. With a total of 77.3 inches, it's now the ninth-snowiest season since modern weather records began in 1891, and the third-snowiest February on record.
For the snowiest winter of all time, look back to 1995-96, which saw a whopping 107.6 inches in total. But there are two more storms headed toward Boston over the next few days, meaning it could get closer to breaking that record as well. In the meantime, here are some records that have already been set.
30-day snowfall record: 72.6 inches
The previous record was 58.8 inches in 1978. Take that, Blizzard of '78!
20-day snowfall record: 71.8 inches
Boston typically gets about half this much snow in an entire winter.
Boston winter - 1. Residents of Southie - 0. #sayuncle pic.twitter.com/utPICb1pdq— Tracy McGrath (@tracy_mcgrath) February 10, 2015
14-day snowfall record: 64.4 inches
This is also a lot of snow. That's pretty much all you can say.
Snow depth: 37 inches
This was measured at Blue Hill Observatory, which is a few hundred feet high and located in Milton, south of Boston. The previous record was 31 inches on Jan. 11, 1996.
Believe it or not there is some patio furniture under the 4+ feet of snow on this deck @JimCantore #BOSnow pic.twitter.com/gShvtwCZ2l— Ryan Case (@rcase1977) February 9, 2015
7-day snowfall record: 40.5 inches
This isn't from the most recent seven days, but from a week ago -- the 16.2 inches that fell on Feb. 2 helped set that record.
10-day snowfall record and 5-day snowfall record
These records may not be as numerically classy as the seven-day record, but the period of snow ending Feb. 2 also set new marks for these.
Most snow days for Boston schools in at least 20 years
Boston public schools have been closed nine times this academic year due to weather. That's more than in 1995-96, the snowiest winter on record.
Coming soon: The snowiest February
The record snowfall for February is 41.6 inches (2003), but there has already been 40.1 inches this month. With two storms on the way, this record is toast, even if those storms make only glancing blows.
Boston Yetis: At least 1
He's been sighted on several days this year, but had never emerged in the puny snowstorms of winters past.
#TheBostonYeti2015 SPOTTED AGAIN! Loving Eastie... @JoeDunn8 @SteveNECN @OnlyInBOS @EastBostonVet @SurfSkiWxMan pic.twitter.com/YtA70sQq0H— Boston Yeti 2015 (@BostonYeti2015) February 9, 2015
BONUS: 230,000 miles plowed with nearly 60,000 tons of salt
We don't know if these are records, but as of Tuesday the city of Boston said it had spent 132,119 hours plowing 230,829 miles of roads, and had used 59,562 tons of salt. That weighs more than 73 million canisters of Morton table salt.
Snow melters are melting 400 tons of snow per hour at the city’s snow farms to make room for new truckloads #BOSnow pic.twitter.com/YAWbr2aTLs— City of Boston (@NotifyBoston) February 10, 2015