At a Glance

Worcester, Massachusetts, is making a run at its snowiest March on record.Through Wednesday, it was only 4.1 inches away from tying the record.Boston has seen well-above-average snow this month but is well short of its March record.Most of the Northeast has received one to two-plus feet of snow since March 1.

A parade of nor'easters, featuring winter storms , and , marched up the East Coastduring the first two weeks of March, producing heavy snow, damaging winds and coastal flooding from North Carolina to Maine.

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Now, the all-time record for snowiest March in the central Massachusetts city of Worcester, about 40 miles west of Boston, is in jeopardy of being tied or broken.

Through Wednesday, Worcester had received 40 inches – more than 3 feet – of snow this month. The snowiest March on record in the city was in 1993, when 44.1 inches piled up, 20.1 inches of which was from the .

As of March 14, Worcester, Massachusetts, was only 4.1 inches away from tying its all-time snowiest March in 1993.

More than half of Worcester's snowfall in the first two weeks of March was courtesy of Winter Storm Skylar, which dumped 21.8 inches on Tuesday alone.

Winter Storm Quinn was responsible for another large chunk, with 16.4 inches accumulating March 7 and 8. Only 1.2 inches was measured during Winter Storm Riley on March 2.

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The other 0.6 inches fell on March 5 from a few hours of light snow around the morning commute.

An average March in Worcester features 11.4 inches of snow, which has already been more than tripled in the first two weeks of the month.

Boston had picked up 21.8 inches of snow this March through Wednesday, almost triple the monthly average of 7.8 inches, but Beantown still has quite a wayto go to match 1993's all-time snowiest March with 38.9 inches.

Mostof the Northeast has received a foot or more of snow since March 1, mainly due to theparade of nor'easters.

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A large swath of New England and New York state has tallied more than two feet of snow this month, with over four feet in the Green Mountains of southern Vermont and the Berkshires of northwestern Massachusetts.

There will likely be several chances of snow overthe next week or two, as colder-than-average temperatures and a stormy weather pattern are expected to,according to some longer-range forecasts.

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How Common is Snow in the Northeast After St. Patrick's Day?

Boston typically sees just under 10 percent of its average seasonal snowfall after St. Patrick's Day. An average Boston winter features 43.5 inches of snow, with 4.3 inches of that occurring after March 17.

If one were to take the 170-mile drive west along Interstate 90 from Boston to Albany, New York, that city averages about 8.5 percent of its seasonal snowfall after St. Patrick's Day. New York's capital city picks up 59.2 inches of snow on average each winter, with 5 inches of that typically falling after March 17.

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When looking at the entire month of March through the end of the winter season, arather broad swath from New England to the Great Lakes, northern Plains, Rockies, Cascades and Sierra Nevada picks up at least 6 inches of snow each season after March 1.

Average snowfall from March 1 through the season's last measurable snowfall, based on 1981-2010 averages.

(Map: Dr. Brian Brettschneider; Data: NOAA/NCEI)

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Brian Donegan is a meteorologist at weather.com. Follow him on,and .