The of snow that fell at Boston's Logan International Airport was the fourth-biggest snowstorm in Boston history, behind the North American blizzard of 2003's , the Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978's , and the February 1969 nor'easter's . The storm was the biggest on record in the month of April and made April 1997 Boston's snowiest April on record, nearly doubling the previous record of . It also set a record for Boston's greatest April 24-hour snowfall. Parts of New England received wind gusts at the height of the storm. Providence recorded of snow which was the fourth greatest on record at the time. Other parts of New England reported more than and up to three feet with Worcester receiving , the city's largest snowfall in history until 2015.