A woman walks across City Hall as snow falls during a winter storm, Sunday, March 1, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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BOSTON (AP) - It has topped more than 100 inches of snow this season, but Boston is just short of surpassing its 20-year-old snowfall record - for now.
Sunday's snowfall brought the city's total to 103.9 inches. It needs 3.7 inches more to break the 1995-1996 record of 107.6.
Two small snowfalls, Tuesday night and Wednesday into Thursday, could be just what's needed, said Frank Nocera, a National Weather Service meteorologist in the Taunton, Massachusetts, office.
Elsewhere, heavy snow was falling in the southern Rockies and Great Basin and heavy rain was soaking parts of the Southwest. A flood watch was in effect until Monday evening for east-central and south-central Arizona, including Phoenix.
Snow fell from the Ohio Valley into the Northeast for much of Sunday and freezing rain hit the Mid-Atlantic.
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RECORD COLD
February 2015 was one for the record books in the Northeast.
The Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University says Buffalo, Syracuse, Binghamton and Ithaca, New York, shivered through their coldest months ever.
The average temperature was 10.9 degrees in Buffalo, beating the 1934 record of 11.4. The monthly average was 9.0 in Syracuse, 12.2 in Binghamton and 10.2 in Ithaca.
February record lows were also set in Hartford, Connecticut, at 16.1; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania at 20.9; and Portland, Maine at 13.8.
In Rhode Island, Providence set a record with 31.8 inches of snow for the month.
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SCHOOL CLOSINGS AND DELAYS
In the West, public schools closed Monday in Flagstaff as a winter storm dropped snow in Arizona's high country and rain in the deserts.
In northern and east-central Arizona, the National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for Flagstaff and other areas of the Mogollon Rim region. A flash-flood watch was issued Monday for the Phoenix area, while snow was forecast for southeastern Arizona mountains.
In Colorado, weather forecasters issued blizzard and avalanche warnings. The storm was expected to last through Monday, with another storm expected Tuesday.
In Southern California on Sunday, crews cleaned up a mudslide that shut down a stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway northwest of Los Angeles early Sunday. The area received between a quarter-inch to half an inch of rain.
In the East, a number of school districts delayed opening for up to two hours Monday, providing some melting time for a coating of ice that blanketed states from the Mid-Atlantic northward.
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WEATHER-RELATED DEATHS
Authorities reported four people, including one child, died in weather-related incidents in Missouri.
Two passengers were killed when a driver lost control on a snow-covered highway in Lebanon on Saturday.
A 25-year-old eastern Missouri woman was killed Sunday morning on a snow-covered stretch of Interstate 70 when she collided with a tractor-trailer, state police said. In Nevada, Missouri, a boy died after falling through an ice-covered farm pond.
In New Bedford, Massachusetts, state police said a 22-year-old woman died after being ejected from a car that overturned while the driver was trying to avoid snow in the roadway.
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MICHIGAN TOT HOSPITALIZED
A 3-year-old Lansing, Michigan, girl was hospitalized in critical condition after getting stuck overnight outside her family's apartment during frigid weather that marked the end of one of the coldest Februaries on record in Michigan.
According to police, the girl was treated for severe hypothermia. A relative found the girl on a sidewalk in front of the apartment complex about 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Lansing police Sgt. Joe Brown told the Lansing State Journal (http://on.lsj.com/1M0N4PH). The temperature was 5 degrees at the time.
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SNOW DELAY FOR HERNANDEZ
The weather again delayed the murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez.
Monday's start was delayed until just after 10:15 a.m. There already had been 5.5 snow days since jury selection began in the trial Jan. 9.
Hernandez is charged with the 2013 killing of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd, who was dating his fiancée's sister.
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TRUCK FALLS THROUGH ICE
A pickup truck drove onto a frozen river in New Jersey early Sunday, spun around repeatedly and then plunged through the ice, police said, and rescue teams found a dead dog but no people inside.
Later, the driver, who owned the dog, and a passenger turned themselves in, state police said. They were in custody and were being questioned, but police had not said whether they would face criminal charges including for the death of the dog, which apparently drowned.
The passenger had gotten out of the truck just before the driver took it out onto the ice, police said.
Min Park pauses to brush snow off his wife Michelle's face as the pair walk down a closed street in the Sunnyside, Queens neighborhood of New York, Sunday, March 1, 2015. The street was closed due to an earlier parade. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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People walk in falling snow Sunday, March 1, 2015, in Piscataway, N.J. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for most of central and southern New Jersey, while the rest of the state is under winter weather advisory. Forecasters say a wintry mix of snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain started falling across the state late Sunday morning and should continue through early Monday. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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People walk in falling snow Sunday, March 1, 2015, in Piscataway, N.J. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for most of central and southern New Jersey, while the rest of the state is under winter weather advisory. Forecasters say a wintry mix of snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain started falling across the state late Sunday morning and should continue through early Monday. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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A person walks along Broad Street as snow falls during a winter storm, Sunday, March 1, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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A person walks along Broad Street as snow falls during a winter storm, Sunday, March 1, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Delta airlines crew deice an airplane Saturday morning, Feb. 28, 2015, after the latest snow storm, in Albuquerque, N.M. Most flights were delayed because of the snow. (AP Photo/The Albuquerque Journal, Roberto E. Rosales)
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Travelers walk with their luggage to either the airport or its facility along University Blvd due to impassable roads, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, in Albuquerque, N.M. (AP Photo/The Albuquerque Journal, Roberto E. Rosales)
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A coyote pauses to look around while walking through an open field at Albuquerque's Nature Center Saturday morning, Feb. 28, 2015, in N.M. (AP Photo/The Albuquerque Journal, Roberto E. Rosales)
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Strom clouds gather over a shopping mall in Burbank, Calif. on Sunday, March 1, 2015. A winter storm brought heavy rain, lightning and small hail to parts of Southern California on Sunday, with a strong possibility for flooding in some areas and layers of snow in the mountains. The National Weather Service said showers were likely to linger until Monday morning when the cold low-pressure system moves out. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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Richard Hample of Albuquerque took out his skis to get some exercise near Silver and Harvard Saturday morning, Feb. 28, 2015, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (AP Photo/The Albuquerque Journal, Roberto E. Rosales)
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Richard Adams, of Albuquerque, walks with his two dogs Bulka and Rizhik Saturday morning, Feb. 28, 2015, in the Nob Hill neighborhood of Albuquerque, N.M. (AP Photo/The Albuquerque Journal, Roberto E. Rosales)
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A John Deere tractor is obscured by heavy snowfall in Enid, Okla. Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Enid News & Eagle, Bonnie Vculek)
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A snowboarder flies down a snow-covered slope at the N. Van Buren overpass in Enid, Okla. Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Enid News & Eagle, Bonnie Vculek)
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Abigail Polum reacts as snow covers her face after sledding the North Van Buren overpass slope with her dad, Mark Polum in Enid, Okla. Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015. Snow continued to fall most of the day with sleet expected across Oklahoma early Sunday morning. (AP Photo/Enid News & Eagle, Bonnie Vculek)
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A harbor light is covered by snow and ice on the Lake Michigan at 31st Street Harbor, Sunday, March 1, 2015, in Chicago. After one of the coldest, snowiest February's on record, March is expected to open with a continuation of below-normal temperatures. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Allison Brady, left, gets a blast of snows from her father Peter Brady's snowblower as he clears their sidewalk Sunday, March 1, 2015, in Indianapolis. Gabby Deer, and Allison's brother, Alex, second from right, watch the fun. March roared into Indiana on Sunday, dumping 8 inches or more of snow in some areas and bringing a threat of possible flooding early this week because of expected rain and snow melt. (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Charlie Nye) NO SALES
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People play in the snow in Flagstaff, Ariz., Sunday, March 1, 2015. Snow and rain soaked parts of northern and central Arizona on Sunday, while a storm in California began to drift into the stateâs southern region. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca)
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Cars pass by snow mounds in Flagstaff, Ariz., Sunday, March 1, 2015. Snow and rain soaked parts of northern and central Arizona on Sunday, while a storm in California began to drift into the stateâs southern region. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca)
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