| Mar 3-5 |
19.8 inches of snow, 1960.
Greatest 24 hour total, 17.7 inches, 1960
15.5 inches of snow, 1891 |
| Mar 4-5 |
2 million dollar damage to shore property between Boston and Salem due to
northeast gales and high tides, 1947
2 to 4 feet of snow over interior New England, 1947 |
| Mar 5 |
Highest snow depth 19 inches, 1960 |
| Mar 4-6 |
3 consecutive days (longest in March) of minimum temperatures at or below
10F, 1948 |
| Mar 6 |
Lowest temperature, -8F, 1872
6 to 18 inches snow over interior New England with northwest gale, 1920 |
| Mar 7 |
Winter seasonal snow record eclipses 96.3 inches, 1996. Record set
just two years prior (1993-1994).
Lowest pressure ever in March, 28.45 inches, 1932 |
| Mar 8 |
100 inch winter snow season barrier broken, 1996 |
| Mar 9 |
Highest pressure in March, 31.02 inches, 1943 |
| Mar 10 |
Spectacular sleet storm lasted 11 hours with 2 inches accumulation, 1964 |
| Mar 11-13 |
11.4 inches of snow and deep drifts, 1939 |
| Mar 11-14 |
Blizzard of 1888 dumps 12.0 inches Boston and up to 40 inches over central
Connecticut with violent gales |
| Mar 13-14 |
12.8 inches of snow, 1993, "superstorm" |
| Mar 17 |
Earliest date of the last seasonal 32 degree temperature or lower reading
in Boston (freeze), 1952 |
| Mar 17-18 |
Greatest 24 hour precipitation in March, 4.13 inches, 1968 |
| Mar 17-19 |
Heavy rains and record flooding in southeastern New England, 1968 |
| Mar 18 |
12 inches of snow, 1872 |
| Mar 19-20 |
13.3 inches of snow, 1956 |
| Mar 29 |
Easter snowstorm occurred with 7.3 inches, 1970 (greatest for Easter)
Warmest temperature, 86F, 1945 |