Winter Storm Nemo... 5th most snow in Boston

We've had a pretty mild winter so far (touch wood!) with occassional 1-2 inches of snow and the coldest day so far has been -14C (-22C with wind chill).

Winter Storm and Blizzard Nemo began on Friday at midday and snow fell consistently until Saturday 12:00. A record 24.9 inches fell in Boston, making it the 5th biggest snowstorm.

The Govenor of Massachusetts had declared a state of emergency on Friday, banning all cars off the street from 4pm. Schools, shops, the T were all closed on Friday as a safety precaution.

We watched as the snow pelted down and covered the ground. This was classified as a blizzard since the winds reached about 60km/h.

This was the most snow that I've ever seen, there was snow about 40cm on our balcony.

I even built a snowman, was a bit difficult as the snow was fine and kept on breaking up. After a lot of patience, this was the final product:-

Meet Sipho the South African Snowman :)

Luckily we didn't have to shovel any snow. Here they have all different kinds of snow machines (there's no such things in South Africa!). Good luck to them clearing all the snow!