2.7 inches count! See ya at verification time. Most Bostonians don’t live neat the water at the east end of the city. Conversely, KNYC is centrally located. When I was growing up the official NYC station was at the Battery along the water. I was happy when they moved to Central Park. Snow totals for past storms got higher in every case. Eg: 12/26/47 went from 25.8 to 26.4 eclipsed by 2006 February event.