The recent blizzard was the second largest January snowstorm on record at Blue Hill Observatory in Milton, officials said.
“That’s pretty darn big,” said Charles Orloff, the executive director of the Blue Hill Observatory.
The 27.1 inches of snowfall measured at Blue Hill on Jan. 29 also broke the record for the highest calendar day snowfall ever measured in January at the observatory. It beat out the previous record of 25.2 inches that was set on Jan. 27, 2015.
Orloff said the observatory was staffed around the clock for 30 hours in a row during the blizzard.
“We measure snow every six hours,” Orloff said.