( CNN ) -- Snow is bear-hugging parts of New England Tuesday . Again . For those shivering near Boston , you 're not alone . The seemingly forever-frigid temperatures this winter have turned arcane weather terms viral . ( Think : polar vortex ) In fact , this onslaught of the white stuff has many cities close to marking their snowiest winter in history . Here are some potential record-breaking places , according to CNN 's weather unit . Indianapolis . This season Indianapolis has been coated with 52 inches of snow . And that 's not far behind the previous record , set in 1981-82 when the Indiana city had 58.2 inches of snow , according to CNN 's weather unit tally . Philadelphia . The City of Brotherly Love has been hit with a little more than 58 inches of snow this season . That 's the third snowiest winter ever , according to the CNN weather unit . Though there have been some blockbuster storms this year , it would take a monstrous blizzard to break the 2009-10 record when the area was hit with more than 78 inches of snow . Toledo . There could be a record snowfall in Toledo , Ohio , by the end of the week . As of Tuesday morning , 72.4 inches had fallen in the area , the second-most ever . That 's very close to the record 73.1 inches that fell in 1977-78 . Detroit . The Motor City has been immobilized by snow this winter . More than 77 inches have fallen , the third-most in history . Detroit may not beat a centuries-old record , though . The all-time record is 93.6 recorded in the winter of 1880-81 . Cincinnati . Compared to other regions , Cincinnati has n't been hit that hard . The Ohio city has had 44 inches of snow this season . That 's the fifth-snowiest winter in history . The record is 53.9 , which fell in a winter of 1977-78 . New York . The Big Apple has had its share , totaling a little more of 57 inches . That is the seventh-snowiest winter on record , behind the record 75 inches that fell in 1995-96 . CNN 's Sean Morris contributed to this report .
Several cities are close to record-level snowfall . New York , Philadelphia , Detroit are among those looking at possible records . Toledo could break its record this week .