The past decade was the snowiest 10-year period in Boston

A whopping 533 inches of snow fell in Boston between the winter of 2005-2006 and the winter of 2014-2015.

Snow-covered cars in South Boston last February. Suzanne Kreiter / The Boston Globe

By Kristi Palma @kristipalma

November 3, 2015

1 minute to read

We’re all aware of the record-breaking snow that fell in Boston last winter. It turns out, it was the icing on the cake of the city’s snowiest 10-year period ever recorded.

A whopping 533 inches of snow fell in Boston between the winter of 2005-2006 and the winter of 2014-2015, according to a Boston Globereport. But experts say it’s been pretty snowy around here for some time. Our second-snowiest 10-year period ended with the winter of 2013-2014.

“We go through snowy periods. The 60’s were notably snowy,’’ Joseph D’Aleo, chief forecaster for WeatherBELL Analytics, told the Globe. “We’ll get some leaner years.’’

Read the full story in the Globe.

Severe local weather through the years:

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