It could always be worse: A look back at Boston’s biggest snowstorms

Today starts the first of several days where the heat will be oppressive. Although it's not just the heat, it's more so the humidity that will ruin many people's weekend. It makes you think: Which would you rather suffer though? 100 degrees and extreme humidity OR shoveling several feet of snow during a blizzard? It depends on the person. Ramiro and Leroy of The Getup Crew LOVE the heat. They prefer this type of humidity over cold. Melissa on the other hand, loves the cold. She'd much rather sit through a blizzard than having to endure humidity.

This made us think. Instead of being miserable, knowing that we're about to get slammed with heat this weekend, let's revisit some of the biggest snow days in the history of the city. This would make us appreciate what we have rather than wishing the summer away. The National Weather Service has been tracking weather since 1891 so we have a lot of data to sift through. But thanks to our friends at WCVB, they've tracked down the biggest snowfalls in the city. You can scroll down to view the entire list or you can CLICK HERE.

Not quite the blizzard of '78, but this one was also bad

https://www.wcvb.com/article/44-years-ago-boston-history-blizzard-of-78/38993607#:~:text=The%20Blizzard%20of%20'78%20brought,the%20total%20amount%20of%20snowfall.

Remember February 2015? We were walloped with snow weekend after weekend. On this day, more record snowfall came and streets were crippled.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2015/02/09/boston-new-england-snow-records/23109017/

At this  point in time, this was the fifth worst blizzard to have hit Boston.

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/5192/record-blizzard-buries-us-northeast#:~:text=For%20Boston%2C%20the%20storm%20was,single%20day%20since%20records%20began.

This was 2003 , the President's Day blizzard which brought over 23 inches to the city

This was just a few months ago. Who can forget the blizzard of '22?

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/blizzard-2022-who-has-the-most-snow-totals-for-january-29-storm-noreaster-boston-massachusetts/

Another record breaking storm, this one in 2015

https://www.wbur.org/news/2015/01/28/blizzard-of-2015-record-breaking

https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass_roundup/2013/02/boston-snow-accumulation-blizzard-2013.html

This storm made it Boston's snowiest April ever.

https://charlestownbridge.com/2022/03/31/recalling-the-april-fools-day-blizzard-of-1997/#:~:text=The%20storm%20was%20the%20biggest,the%20wonder%20of%20that%20morning.

Considered the storm of the century, it was quickly knows as the Blizzard of '78

http://www.celebrateboston.com/disasters/blizzard-of-1978.htm#:~:text=A%20Buried%20Street%20in%20East,coast%2C%20the%20tides%20were%20devastating.

As of today, this is still considered Boston's biggest storm ever!

https://www.wcvb.com/article/14-years-later-boston-s-biggest-blizzard/8118891