Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)
1717 - THE GREAT SNOW OF 1717

Four successive snowstorms-two of them minor, two of them of major proportions-fell within a ten-day interval (February 27th through March 7th), and left a snowfall estimated to be somewhere between three and four feet across much of New England. On the Post Road leading to New Hampshire and Maine, five feet of snow, with drifts of up to fourteen feet, was reported. Wrote Cotton Mather: "As mighty a snow, as perhaps has been known in the memory of man, is at this time lying on the ground." There were no Sabbath services for two weeks at Mather’s church in downtown Boston, and in Framingham, Massachusetts, no public meetings could be held until the end of March. Mather composed a detailed account of the great snow, which was then sent to London for reading before the Royal Society. Later, this account appeared in one of the first publications of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Top ELEVEN Most Memorable Weather Events
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