According to the NOAA National Weather Service office in Taunton, Mass., this storm is the second snowiest on record for Providence, R.I., with 23.4 inches, the fifth snowiest for Boston with 22.5 inches, and the fifth snowiest in Worcester, Mass., with 24.1 inches. Records for these cities date back more than 100 years.
Many major cities also noted back-to-back days of record snowfall. On Sunday, records were set for the date in the following cities (previous record and year of occurrence): Worcester, Mass., 18.1 inches (12.5 inches in 1966); Providence, R.I., 16.4 inches (8.0 inches in 1965) Portland, Maine, 15.3 inches (9.0 inches in 1966); Boston, Mass., 13.4 inches (12.4 inches in 1935). This followed Saturday's record snowfall in Boston, Mass., 9.1 inches (5.3 inches in 1987); New York, N.Y., 8.5 inches (8.1 inches in 1987); Bridgeport, Conn., 7.0 inches (5.6 inches in 1987); Providence, R.I., 7.0 inches (5.5 inches in 1987).
