The 25th Anniversary of “April Fools Day” blizzard

On April Fools Day, 25-years-ago, history was made after an unexpected Blizzard buried much of the state.

On March 31, 1997, it was raining, with overnight temperatures above freezing. But on April 1st a classic Nor’easter rolled through becoming the biggest storm on record for Worcester and the second biggest in Boston, trumped only by the blizzard of 1978.

The rain quickly turned into snow Monday night hammering southern New England Tuesday, April Fools Day.

The final snow totaled 33 inches in Worcester, 25.4 inches in Boston, and a jackpot of 36 inches in Milford.

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