February 4, 2026 by Geri Duff
In February for over fifty-four hours Hingham and vicinity was swept by the severest storm of snow and wind that has been recorded here for many years and followed by the coldest snap of the season, as well as making a record-breaker for February 14. In this storm, the snow was lighter and while the wind packed it into some places very firmly, it did delay the trains. Travelling both on the N.Y, N.H. & H. R. R. and Bay State Street lines resumed after only a few hours delay to patrons. On February 22, Bertha Stringer (on the left) with her brother Carleton took several friends out to the Bucket Mill Pond (Cushing’s) for a day of snowshoeing over the ice. Their dog, Maxwell Bob, was a frequent companion to these activities. This photo is from the Hingham Girl Scout Archives.
Hingham Journal, Friday, February 18, 1916, page 5:
Mark Twain once said about weather in New England: “They don’t have any kind of weather at all, just samples.”