Record Report from the National Weather Service:

RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1045 AM EST SUN OCT 30 2005

...YESTERDAYS SNOWFALL AT THE GREAT BLUE HILL IN MILTON MASSACHUSETTS WAS A RECORD FOR THE DATE...

THE 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW ON OCTOBER 29TH 2005 AS RECORDED AT THE 635 FOOT ELEVATION OF THE BLUE HILL OBSERVATORY...LOCATED IN MILTON MASSACHUSETTS...ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOSTON...WAS A RECORD FOR THE DATE AND THE 6TH HIGHEST DAILY SNOWFALL FOR OCTOBER.

THE ALL TIME OCTOBER RECORD THERE STILL STANDS AT 6.8 INCHES... OCCURRING OCTOBER 10TH 1979.