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Remember The April Fools Snow Storm Of 1997?

It was 22 years ago today that Mother Nature pulled the biggest April Fools Day prank on New England, dumping over two feet of snow! Boston recorded 25.4 inches, making…

BOSTON, MA — FEBRUARY 09: A local resident plows snow on February 9, 2015, in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Boston was hit with a third major snowstorm in three weeks, with the latest storm starting on Saturday evening, and expected to continue through Tuesday morning, bringing another 8 – 16 inches of accumulation. (Photo by Kayana Szymczak/Getty Images)

(Photo by Kayana Szymczak/Getty Images)

It was 22 years ago today that Mother Nature pulled the biggest April Fools Day prank on New England, dumping over two feet of snow! Boston recorded 25.4 inches, making it the fourth largest snow storm of all time at that point in time!

I remember the day of April 1, 1997 very well because my wife and I had an eight-and-a-half month old and my wife was six months pregnant. Two days after it was sunny and 63 degrees and she was able to get outside and walk with my daugher, Abbey, there was snow up to her kneecaps! Remember?