lakeeffectkid383 Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Got this idea from the New England forum and it is such a great idea I thought Id do it for the upstate region, this way we can all see eachothers towns. Ill start with mine. Orchard Park, New York Population: 29,054 (2010) Elevation: ranges from about 700-1400 feet (N to S), my elevation is aprox 860ft Area: 38.6 sq mi Average Annual Snowfall: Approx 110" A "southtown" of Buffalo New York Also home of the Buffalo Bills Ralph Wilson Stadium First pic is at Green Lake (Yates Park) one of the Gems in all of WNY and little known about. Second pic is in the village of OP which is centrally located in the town of OP itself during a lake effect event in December of 2009 that dropped about 18" of snow Next two pics are from one of WNY most famous parks which is on the southern edge of OP, Chestnut Ridge Park, with an elevation of about 1100-1200 feet overlooking the rest of OP and even Buffalo in the distance. And of course "The Ralph" located in OP's western side. And finally the location of OP relative to the rest of WNY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Tamaqua, Pennsylvania Population: 7,107 Elevation: 800-1,000 ft Land area: 9.83 square miles Tamaqua (pronounced tuh-MAH-qwah) is a borough in eastern Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and is located in Pennsylvania's Anthracite coal region. Named for the Tuscarora king of the Turkey Clan, Chief Tahkamochk, or Tam-a-kwah. Tamaqua PA was founded in 1799 by German immigrant Burkhardt Moser. Originally to be named Tuscarora, the name Tamaqua was chosen after it was realized that there already was a community named Tuscarora about four miles to the west. The discovery of anthracite coal in the region in the early 1800s led to the town's rise as a coal producing community. The town was incorporated as a borough in 1832. Tamaqua remained a thriving community throughout the heyday of coal production in the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s. It began declining, along with many other anthracite communities, in the 1950s as coal mines began tapering off. The population today is roughly half of it's largest count which was nearly 15,000 during the major coal producing years. Overlooking the downtown and Dutch Hill section of the borough. View from west to east overlooking the borough. Restored Philadelphia & Reading Railroad station and Depot Square Park. Street level view of the downtown business district. Location: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted September 16, 2012 Author Share Posted September 16, 2012 Tamaqua, Pennsylvania Population: 7,107 Elevation: 800-1,000 ft Land area: 9.83 square miles Tamaqua (pronounced tuh-MAH-qwah) is a borough in eastern Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and is located in Pennsylvania's Anthracite coal region. Named for the Tuscarora king of the Turkey Clan, Chief Tahkamochk, or Tam-a-kwah. Tamaqua PA was founded in 1799 by German immigrant Burkhardt Moser. Originally to be named Tuscarora, the name Tamaqua was chosen after it was realized that there already was a community named Tuscarora about four miles to the west. The discovery of anthracite coal in the region in the early 1800s led to the town's rise as a coal producing community. The town was incorporated as a borough in 1832. Tamaqua remained a thriving community throughout the heyday of coal production in the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s. It began declining, along with many other anthracite communities, in the 1950s as coal mines began tapering off. The population today is roughly half of it's largest count which was nearly 15,000 during the major coal producing years. Overlooking the downtown and Dutch Hill section of the borough. View from west to east overlooking the borough. Restored Philadelphia & Reading Railroad station and Depot Square Park. Street level view of the downtown business district. Location: Nice town! How do you average for snow there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Nice town! How do you average for snow there? Listed number is 39.3 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted September 16, 2012 Author Share Posted September 16, 2012 Listed number is 39.3 inches. Oh man that sucks lol. I would go insane with that little. What are your all time highs and lows for snowfall? Any idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Oh man that sucks lol. I would go insane with that little. What are your all time highs and lows for snowfall? Any idea? I've been here 10 years, and in 02-03 we had 84 inches, which might be the all time high. I don't know what the low has been though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying MXZ Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 I'm not going to copy and paste so here is some info about my town: http://en.wikipedia....right,_New_York And here is an aerial view of my house from a couple years ago. I added onto the house since then (it was tiny) but the rest looks about the same. I have 12 acres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catskills Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 I'm not far from Flying and roughly in the middle of this terrain. A high valley, we are rural and can get cold when there's "ideal radiational cooling." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted September 18, 2012 Author Share Posted September 18, 2012 I'm not going to copy and paste so here is some info about my town: http://en.wikipedia....right,_New_York And here is an aerial view of my house from a couple years ago. I added onto the house since then (it was tiny) but the rest looks about the same. I have 12 acres. I'm not far from Flying and roughly in the middle of this terrain. A high valley, we are rural and can get cold when there's "ideal radiational cooling." what are your guys average snowfalls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I live in Harrisburg, PA. We're bankrupt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNYWeather Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Here's a little about Westmoreland where I live: http://en.wikipedia....eland,_New_York Been living here for 7 years. Moved from the other side of the Thruway where we lived for 12 years. I love living in the country. 15 minutes to get to work. More room than we'll ever need. That's pretty much most of our 26 acres below. I mow way too much as you can see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowlover76 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I am in Oswego, NY We average 150" of snow per winter, and there have been some winters that have had over 300" of snow. Oswego is a city in Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 18,142 at the 2010 census. Oswego is located onLake Ontario in north-central New York and promotes itself as "The Port City of Central New York". It is the county seat of Oswego County. The city of Oswego is bordered by the towns of Oswego, Minetto, and Scriba to the west, south, and east, respectively, and by Lake Ontario to the north. Oswego Speedway is a nationally-known automobile racing facility. The State University of New York at Oswegois located just outside the city on the lake. Oswego is the namesake for communities in Montana, Oregon, Illinois, and Kansas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Seems like people that enjoy the snow live in the middle of NOWHERE! Holy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catskills Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 what are your guys average snowfalls? The local observer (htltp://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/bgm/cli/coop/DELN6.html) has the average at 63.2". Two years ago, we broke 100", I'm sure. Last year, well... FlyingMXZ keeps some records and he does better with higher elevation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNYWeather Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Seems like people that enjoy the snow live in the middle of NOWHERE! Holy! Absolutely. I like being outside working, and being able to just go in the woods and p** if I have to lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying MXZ Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 The local observer (htltp://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/bgm/cli/coop/DELN6.html) has the average at 63.2". Two years ago, we broke 100", I'm sure. Last year, well... FlyingMXZ keeps some records and he does better with higher elevation. Yea, it varies quite a bit with elevation. Plus the further north around here the more we get into leftover lakeeffect snow to fluff up the totals. Absolutely. I like being outside working, and being able to just go in the woods and p** if I have to lol I don't even worry about the woods around here. Just make sure I'm pointing away from the road just in case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted September 18, 2012 Author Share Posted September 18, 2012 Seems like people that enjoy the snow live in the middle of NOWHERE! Holy! I would live in the middle of nowhere for good snow lol. Oswego is an awesome town BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowlover76 Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I would live in the middle of nowhere for good snow lol. Oswego is an awesome town BTW. Here you go: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 Nice pics. Feb 2007? Btw i love the BIG M supermarkets. They have one in Clayton,NY in the 1000 islands where I used to vacation every summer. Closest one to me is in Warsaw,NY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy_wx Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Most of the year I live in Oswego, but for the first half of winter I live in Guilderland, NY. Guilderland has some pretty rural areas to the west and more populated areas to the east near the border with the city of Albany. I live in the more populated area near the city line. The snowfall data for Albany is taken at the NWS office which is only a few miles from my house so that is pretty much the amount I get. Our average is 59.1 inches with the highest being 112.5 in 1970-1971. Here's a picture of one of the more rural parts of the town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sub_Zero Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Ottawa, Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Mine is the same as Lake effect kids. I guess the big thing about my town is we have the Fair for all of WNY held here. Here is a picture of it at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottmartin49 Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Boonville, NY; Even better- here's the nearest live weather cam! http://weather.weath...local-cams.html About ten miles north of me, it's on the eastern escarpment of the Tug Hill plateau at about 1350 ft. elevation with a view to the east, over the Black River valley looking at the level line of the sand plains that line the western boundary of the Adirondack Park. Both locations are essentially the ice margins/beachfronts of an ice age lake. The 2200' top of the plateau is located about 2 miles west of this site, and the dynamics associated with the prevailing west winds from over Lake Ontario drops quite a load on the area. We joke that six runs at Snow Ridge (the nearby ski area) is just like being at Alta. (It's low vert you see, heh-heh, sort of an inside joke... ) I've attached a picture taken at the start house used for ski racing, looking east. This was taken during a dire snow drought. Average snowfall at this location averages around 220", with records well above 300" for the season and +100" for a month. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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