Temperatures are rising in Boston, but it's not enough to melt the piles of snow that still dot the landscape. Lingering snow piles from historic winter continue to plague municipalities in Greater Boston http://t.co/8S6GsnFMpj pic.twitter.com/N1iCWk0iiO — The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) May 28, 2015 The piles are filled with garbage and debris picked up by snow plows during the city's record-setting storms this winter and spring, and even with the sun beating down on them now, the piles aren't close to fully melting away.