Snowiest? Coldest? Why not both?

We have just put the month of February, 2015, into the record book here in Boston. And what a month it was! Yes, it was the snowiest month since meteorological record keeping began in 1891 – some 124 years ago. It obliterated the old record of 44.5 inches with a new total of 65.5 inches – 20 inches more than any other month. Ever.

And none of it has melted because the month was the coldest February ever, second only to January, 1934, as the coldest month Boston has ever witnessed. And I can say I was here to see it.

I can also say I wish I wasn’t.