snow over the weekend shattered records to make this winter boston's snowiest ever   but mother nature might not be done yet the city awoke monday yet again to its accustomed blanket of white   but this time it had a special significance, as the latest 29 inches pushed the city into unprecedented territory of 1086 inches in one season but, though temperatures in massachusetts are regularly above freezing now, there could still be new flurries to take the record even higher before spring sets in snowy: in this  photo, a car remains buried in snow february 23, 2015 along a residential street in south boston boston's miserable winter is now also its snowiest season going back to 1872  relentless: people use umbrellas to protect themselves from falling snow as they cross a street in boston's north end neighborhood, sunday, march 15, 2015  according to the weather channel, friday night could bring an extra fraction of an inch meanwhile predictions from accuweather note the chance of snow around 7am wednesday, and a vaguer prediction of a snow/slush downfall on saturday night the previous record was 1079 inches, which was set in the winter of 1995 96 the records cover more than a century, going back to 1872 boston's official total is measured at logan airport, by an anonymous figure who heads outside with a ruler, takes an average of four measurements and submits his totals to the national weather service celebration: the boston branch of the national weather service posted this celebratory image 'congratulating' the city on months of unrelenting snow  the final 29 inches came in a snowstorm that was relatively tame after a record setting monthly snowfall of 649 inches in february the worst previous single month was january 2005 when 433 inches fell this official winter snowfall, measured from december through february this year, was 994 inches that was the snowiest for the winter period, beating 915 inches in 1993 94 the season snowfall record is measured from july 1 through june 30, and takes in autumn and spring forecasters note snow can still mount up this year march 1993 had 389 inches, and march 1916 had 33 misery: steven watson, a dog trainer and walker, navigates a six strong pack of dogs over a snow cleared path at the boston common  at the height of the relentless snow storms, residents of boston were left wondering when the weather would calm down last month,  boston's transport system ground to a halt as authorities struggled to cope with the bad weather at one point, massachusetts bay transportation authority (mbta) public transport was not running at all and had no subways or buses meanwhile, flights to and from boston's logan airport were canceled it's been a brutal winter for many people across the east coast of the united states with non stop snow storms however, boston's residents have begun to recover from the plummeting temperatures which fell to around zero matt doody, a meteorologist at the weather service told the boston globe the record breaking figures were 'pretty impressive' foot upon foot of unrelenting snow did little to brighten the spirits of boston's residents   but it did have one silver lining in the wake of blizzard season, a costumed joker who dubbed himself the boston yeti started cropping up around the blanketed city and now the figure, whose @bostonyeti2015 twitter account has amassed 8,500 followers, has received his just reward king of winter: the so called boston yeti, who was pictured around the city amidst relentless snowstorms, was jokingly made mayor on st patrick's day  in the midst of the city's st patrick's day parade on sunday, mayor marty walsh invited the masked figure to pose in front of a city of boston backdrop and declared him 'interim mayor' however, walsh did feel compelled to step in moments after the prank and clarify 'i love boston and am here to stay' only kidding: boston's actual mayor marty walsh, left, soon stepped in to clarify that he wasn't being replaced by a mythical figure  snow: a woman walks past high snow banks and deep puddles as she walks through the chinatown neighborhood of boston 
logan airport sunday night 1086 inch 1079 inches the winter of 1995 96 boston winter just 435 inches wednesday, friday or saturday 38 inches
measurement at logan airport on sunday night set new all time high . 1086 inch total snowfall topped 1079 inches seen in the winter of 1995 96 . average boston winter sees just 435 inches of snow . snow could strike again wednesday, friday or saturday . marches in boston can still be snowy   previous ones have had 38 inches . unprecedented winter saw transport grind to a halt and schools shuttered 