Weather Quiz

Current Snow Depth in the Northeast  Source: NOAA/NWS

True or False.

With over 6 feet of snow in just the last month – and another major winter storm bearing down on Boston this weekend – this has been Boston’s snowiest winter on record.

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Answer to Weather Quiz question from February 1.

False.  A snowier than average winter does not mean the winter as a whole was colder than average.  The same way a colder than average winter doesn’t necessarily equate to a snowier than average winter.  From a meteorological perspective, the 2009-2010 winter (December 1 through February 28) featured close to normal temperatures with two of the three months slightly colder than average and one month a touch warmer than average.  What people remember most about the 2009-2010 winter in the Nation’s Capital were the two top ten snowstorms that came that season – one in December and one in early February.