9 Insane Facts About Boston's Snow

Boston has been pummeled with record snowfall this season, and more is likely on the way—a storm is predicted to drop 8 to 10 inches this weekend. Here are 9 reasons why that’s not particularly welcome news for Bostonians:

1. Boston set a new record for most snowfall in a 30-day period, with 73.3 inches between Jan. 12 and Feb. 10.

2. The city’s total accumulation for the winter season is 79.5 inches, according to the National Weather Service.

3. That means Boston needs 28.2 more inches before spring to top its all-time seasonal record of 107.6, which it reached in 1995-96.

4. Across the state, plows have shoveled enough snow to fill the Patriots’ Gillette Stadium 90 times.

5. Boston plows have worked a cumulative 136,652 hours as of this writing.

6. In that time, they’ve cleared 244,064 miles of snow.

7. 70,051 tons of salt have been spread on Boston’s roads.

8. Snow melting machines are able to melt 430 tons of snow per hour on the city’s municipal “snow farms,” empty lots where trucks dump the excess buildup from street corners.

9. All of which has cost the city at least $30 million in snow cleanup since Jan. 25.

Bostonians, be careful out there.

Six Feet Under: Photos of Endless Winter in Boston

A pedestrian makes her way past a Victoria's Secret store along a snow covered street during a winter snowstorm in Boston on Feb. 9, 2015.

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A piece of heavy equipment is used to clear snow from the warning track at Fenway Park in Boston on Feb. 9, 2015.

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Snow fills the seats at Fenway Park in Boston on Feb. 9, 2015.

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A cross-country skier goes up a path near the Charles River in Cambridge, Mass. on Feb. 9, 2015.

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A cyclist rides across the Mass Ave bridge during a winter snow storm in Boston on Feb. 9, 2015.

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Workers clear snow around the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's (MBTA) South Station in Boston on Feb. 9, 2015.

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Ann Laborte shovels a path through the large mound of snow outside her Commonwealth Avenue home in Boston, Mass., Feb. 10, 2015.

Nicolaus Czarnecki—Zumapress

Greg Burkett clears the snow from the front of his house during a winter snowstorm in Cambridge, Mass. on Feb. 9, 2015.

Brian Snyder—Reuters

Ben Carton snowboards off snow plowed into a pile in a parking lot during a winter snowstorm in Somerville, Mass. on Feb. 9, 2015.

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Jay Bullens Jr. of Able Roofing climbs with a sledgehammer to the third floor of a house to knock snow and ice from a roof on Beals Street in Brookline, Mass. on Feb. 9, 2015.

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A house is covered in snow and ice on Jane Road in Methuen, Mass. on Feb. 9, 2015.

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