Three Nor'easters in 11 Days: It Isn't Unprecedented, and It Hasn't Been That Long Since the Last Time It Happened

First, let's recap what we've experienced so far this March.

Winter Storm Riley began this parade on March 2 and was followed by Winter Storm Quinn last week. Winter Storm Skylar will cap off the 11-day nor'easter trifecta when it swipes New England on Tuesday.

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All three of those storms moved near what meteorologists call the 40/70 benchmark – 40 degrees north latitude and 70 degrees west longitude. When potent low-pressure systems pass near this point on the globe, it generally means parts of the Northeast can see at least some impacts from a particular coastal storm.

Late January into early February 2015 featured three potent low-pressure systems passing within two degrees of the 40/70 benchmark in 10 days, according to David Roth, a meteorologist at NOAA's Weather Prediction Center.

Those three nor'easters were Winter Storm Iola (Jan. 23-24, 2015), Winter Storm Juno (Jan. 26-28, 2015) and Winter Storm Linus (Feb. 2, 2015).

Of the three, Juno produced the most widespread and heavy snowfall amounts in the Northeast.

Iola, Juno and Linus also helped vault Boston to its snowiest winter season on record, with 110.6 inches piling up from November 2014 to March 2015.

Providence, Rhode Island, and Worcester, Massachusetts, chalked up their second- and third-snowiest winter seasons on record, respectively.