A woman walks through a parking lot on Depot Street in Pittsfield, Mass. during heavy snowfall, Monday April 4, 2016. Southern New England is getting hit by a second consecutive day of April snow. The snow that started Monday morning is expected to last into the evening. (Ben Garver/The Berkshire Eagle via AP)
Forecasters say parts of southern New England have broken records for snowfall for the day.
The National Weather Service said Monday evening that records were broken in Boston and at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island, where snowfall is measured.
Snow accumulation in Boston as of 5 p.m. was 3.6 inches, breaking the previous record of 1.1 inches, set on April 4, 1915. Accumulation at T.F. Green was 4.4 inches, breaking the previous record of 1.7 inches, set in 1957.
Total snowfall in Rhode Island for April is 5.2 inches already. The record for the month is 9.6 inches, set in 1907.
The total in Massachusetts for April so far is 5.5 inches. The record for April is 22.4 inches, set in 1997.
A woman walks through a parking lot on Depot Street in Pittsfield, Mass. during heavy snowfall, Monday April 4, 2016. Southern New England is getting hit by a second consecutive day of April snow. The snow that started Monday morning is expected to last into the evening. (Ben Garver/The Berkshire Eagle via AP) 
