1978 Blizzard Remembered As Winter Storm Hits Boston Friday

Boston could be hit with a massive winter storm between Friday and Saturday. Winter Storm Nemo is projected to become the latest example of a powerful, potentially historic, February storm.

According to the weather channel, the snow this weekend has the potential to be a top 10 snowstorm all-time in Boston!

According to the National Weather Service in Taunton, Mass., in records dating to 1892, there have been only six snowstorms of 20 inches or more in Boston, topped by the Feb. 17-18, 2003 snowstorm (27.5″) and the infamous “1978 Blizzard” (Feb. 6-7; 27.1″).

A snow total of 18.2″ or more would place it in the top 10 list all-time.

The latest forecast said that on Friday, snowfall rates of 2-3″ per hour are possible in coastal New England, including Boston, Hartford, and Portland, Maine.