February 16th-17th, 1996

This was the first in a line of snowfalls that broke and reestablished snowfall records throughout the northeastern United States. The low developed on the night of Valentines Day. It immediately moved eastward and on Friday the 16th, the system was off of North Carolina. Once over the ocean, the low strengthened. By Saturday the 17th, the low was 988 millibars and moved off of Cape Cod. Snowfall was heavy in western Massachusetts, where up to 14 inches of snow fell. There was a swath of 10 inch accumulation mounts on Cape Cod and Nantucket.