BOSTON — Mar 2, 2015, 1:47 AM ET
It has topped more than 100 inches of snow this season, but Boston is just short of surpassing its 20-year-old snowfall record — for now that is.
Sunday's snowfall brought the city's total to 103.9 inches. It needs just 3.7 inches more to break the 1995-1996 record of 107.6.
Two small snowfalls, Tuesday night and Wednesday into Thursday, could be just what's needed, said Frank Nocera, a National Weather Service meteorologist in the Taunton, Massachusetts, office. "The combination of those two events could put us over the record," he said.
Snowfall of 3 to 6 inches was expected by early Monday across the area, with 4 to 8 inches in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Up to 6 inches of snow was anticipated in northern Massachusetts and New York state, and on Cape Cod.
Elsewhere, heavy snow was falling in the southern Rockies and Great Basin and heavy rain was soaking parts of the Southwest. A flood watch was in effect until 8 p.m. Monday for east-central and south-central Arizona, including metropolitan Phoenix.
Snow fell from the Ohio Valley into the Northeast for much of Sunday and freezing rain hit the Mid-Atlantic.
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RECORD COLD
February 2015 was one for the record books in the Northeast.
The Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University says Buffalo, Syracuse, Binghamton and Ithaca, New York, shivered through their coldest months ever.
The average temperature was 10.9 degrees in Buffalo, beating the 1934 record of 11.4. The monthly average was 9.0 in Syracuse, 12.2 in Binghamton and 10.2 in Ithaca.
February record lows were also set in Hartford, Connecticut, at 16.1; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania at 20.9; and Portland, Maine at 13.8.
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CAUTIOUS COMMUTE
Officials are urging commuters to give themselves extra travel time and to take it slow on the roads to prevent accidents caused by slippery conditions.
In New Jersey, NJ Transit will allow customers to use their ticket or travel pass on rail, light rail or bus, including private bus carriers, on Monday to minimize delays.
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BLIZZARD, AVALANCHE WARNINGS
Weather forecasters in Colorado issued blizzard and avalanche warnings as Pacific moisture continued to bring snow and strong winds to the Continental Divide on Sunday. The storm was expected to last through Monday, with another storm expected Tuesday. The National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning for Wolf Creek Pass and the Colorado Avalanche Information Center issued avalanche warnings for the South San Juan, Sangre de Cristo and Gunnison areas. The avalanche danger in southern Colorado has been increased to high.
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WEATHER-RELATED DEATHS
Authorities reported four people, including one child, died in weather-related incidents in Missouri.
Two people were killed when a driver lost control on a snow-covered highway in Lebanon on Saturday when the car skidded into a tractor-trailer stopped because of an earlier crash on Interstate 44. The 20-year-old driver survived, but both passengers were ejected and killed.
A 25-year-old eastern Missouri woman died Sunday morning on a snow-covered stretch of Interstate 70, state police said. Her vehicle began to slide and it went off the left side of the interstate before returning to the roadway and colliding with a tractor-trailer.
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