Contributed by Alex Moot

While residents of Boston were shoveling out from historic snowfalls, Chocorua residents were enduring one of the coldest winters ever recorded.

This past winter was the second coldest in New Hampshire since records started being kept in 1893. During February, the average temperature in Chocorua was only 6.8 degrees Fahrenheit, almost 13 degrees colder than the historic average (19.4 degrees).

The average daily low in Chocorua during February was 6.2 degrees below zero, significantly colder than the historic average low (7 degrees).

Chocorua residents experienced 34 days during which the temperature fell below zero degrees Fahrenheit during the winter of 2014-15, almost tying the record from 1993-94 (36 days).

Unlike southern New Hampshire and Massachusetts, Chocorua had a typical amount of snowfall during the winter of 2014-15. By the end of March, 79 total inches of snow had fallen in Chocorua, almost exactly the average snowfall for the last thirty years (78 inches).

In comparison, over 120 inches of snow fell in Chocorua during the 2007-08, which was the snowiest winter over the past 40 years since records have been maintained.