Boston February Weather History

 

Feb 1   Northeast gales and heavy snow wrecked 40 vessels and killed 40 people, 1898 

Feb 1-3  12.0 inches of snow, 1892 

Feb 2 Lowest pressure for Feb. 28,48,1976 

Feb 2-3 11.3 inches of snow, 1974

12.0 inches of snow, 1916 

Feb 3 12 Consecutive day stretch - longest ever of low temperatures
          10F or lower, Jan 23 to Feb 3, 1936 

Feb 4 14.4 inches of snow in Boston and up to 2 feet elsewhere in eastern 
           Massachusetts, 1961 

Feb 4-5 13.2 inches of snow, 1926 

Feb 5-7 17.3 inches of snow, 1920 

Feb 6-7 Blizzard of 1978, 27.1 inches of snow and 23.6 inches of snow in 
        24 hours for Boston. (highest storm total and 24 hour total ever.) 

Feb 7 Greatest snow depth for Feb. 29 inches, 1978 

Feb 8 Southwest gales produced considerable damage, 1895 

Feb 8-10 18.7 inches of snow, 1994 

Feb 8-9 14.0 inches of snow, 1945 

Feb 9 Lowest temperature ever in Feb., -18F, 1934 
      (Also coldest temperature ever in history)

Lowest high temperature, 3F, 1934 

Feb 11-12 13.5 inches of snow, 1983 

Feb 12 4.45 inches of precipitation in 24 hours greatest, 1886 

Feb 11-13 15.0 inches of snow, 1916 

Feb 12-13 11.5 inches of snow, 1894 

Feb 12-14 16.0 inches of snow with northeast gales, 1899 

Feb 14-15 Valentines day storm brings 14.0 inches of snow, 1940 

Feb 16-17 19.4 inches of snow with gales paralyzes Boston, 1958

14.2 inches of snow, 1903 

Feb 19-20 15.0 inches of snow, 1934 

Feb 20 16.5 inches of snow along with northeast gales, 1921 

Feb 2-23 22 days consecutively without measurable precipitation 1877 

Feb 23 Warmest low temperature, 50F, 1990 

Feb 22-24 Storm with tides 2 to 3 feet above long wharf, 1723 

Feb 24 Highest temperature ever, 70F, 1985 

Feb 24-28 101 consecutive hours of snow.  26.3 inches in Boston (2nd greatest ever), 1969 

Feb 27 20 inches of snow on Cape Cod, isolated region, 1952