Snowstorm in Boston cracks Top 10 all-time list. A look back at the city's biggest snowstorms.

Boston is now digging out from a massive winter storm after being on "snow hiatus" for the last several years. So how did this storm stack up to snowstorms in Boston history?

This was Boston's first snowstorm of 6 inches or more since February 25, 2022. That was a drought of 1,429 days.

It ended late Monday night when 23.2 inches were recorded at the National Weather Service's official measurement station at Logan Airport.

Top 10 snowstorms in Boston history

That put it in eighth place among the biggest snow storms in Boston's history.

Six of the top ten snowstorms in Boston have occurred since 2003.

Past snowy winters in Boston

Before this storm, the biggest snowstorms in Boston in the last four winters fell somewhere between 3.5"-5.3" of snow. 

It had been nearly as long since Boston had the last 12" snowstorm, that came on January 29, 2022.

Could this be the start of another snowy stretch?

Looking at the total snow in Boston year-by-year going back to that infamous winter of 2014-2015, you can see we have only had two above average winters, 2017-2018 and 2021-2022, and those were only slightly above average.

Least-snowy 10-year stretch in history

If you take any 10-year stretch in Boston's recorded history, the 10 years ending with last winter were the No. 1 least snowy. 

Yes, you read that correctly, Boston had never had LESS snow in a 10-year period than in the last 10 years.

OK native New Englanders, here is where we puff out our chests and say, "I remember the good ol' days." Snowfall up to the top of our homes and basketball hoops. We even had to bring in heavy loaders to ship our snow to snow farms not that long ago.

Crazy thing is, those "good ol' days" actually weren't that long ago.

The snowiest 10-year stretch in Boston's recorded history was 2008-2009 through 2017-2018.