BuffaloWeather Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Buffalo isn't usually a huge les area from what I've heard. What was the difference with this one. Buffalo receives 70% of its snow from Lake effect each season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Comparatively to areas such as the plateau? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Comparatively to areas such as the plateau? no of course not, that's the snowiest area east of the rockies. But we do average 95" with most of it being les. And since Lake Erie has a very long fetch, BUF can rack up a ton of snow in a short period of time. It's just the needing SW winds and cold air means that BUF tends to get it less often than areas 30 miles south with average 200" and areas on the Tug Hill which average 300". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 no of course not, that's the snowiest area east of the rockies. But we do average 95" with most of it being les. And since Lake Erie has a very long fetch, BUF can rack up a ton of snow in a short period of time. It's just the needing SW winds and cold air means that BUF tends to get it less often than areas 30 miles south with average 200" and areas on the Tug Hill which average 300". As I said earlier awful memory attributes to this.But I think it was you I remember posts complaining about wind direction etc etc and buffalo being in a little screw hole somewhat often. guess I sorta over estimated it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Sheesh how the hell did Montague get 77" in a day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 As I said earlier awful memory attributes to this. But I think it was you I remember posts complaining about wind direction etc etc and buffalo being in a little screw hole somewhat often. guess I sorta over estimated it. The Niagara Escarpment in NW Niagara County is a snow hole...they only average 50-60"...snow increases as you move east across southern Lake Ontario and also as you move south along Lake Erie. The 100" line should probably creep up a bit farther north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 there's a good deal of elevation dependence there. You can see areas that are located west of Lake Erie near the lake shore also average slightly below 100". If BUF was at 1600 ft like some parts of the Boston Hills and the Chautauqua Ridge we'd probably average 150"...but we aren't lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Thanks this stuff is cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 I get to be the first: Feb 6 1978 Grandaddy of em all. 4 feet+. Our VW microbus was under the snow with a foot on top Hurricane winds 36+ hours. State shutdown April 1997 Then maybe Oct 2011. Not sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnno Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 February 5?, 2001, Nor'easter with just insane snowfall rates here and it was all mostly during the day which was fun. January 2011 just as a month but especially the 12th with the Thunder Snow just awesome. Oct 2011 because we got 18" and the rarity of it, one to tell the grand kids about someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amarshall Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Most memorable 12/10/2005 Thundersnow. 3" hr snowfall rates. 5.5 hrs to go from Andrew Square to Quincy. My wife and I got divorced twice on the car ride home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropopause_Fold Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 not a tough one for me. hurricane force winds, drifts to 8 feet and front end loaders lifting cars out of the road to make them passable. and Pats go on to crush the Steelers in AFC championship game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Feb 6 1978 a day that will live in infamy. this pretty much totally decribes my experience , the culture at the time with some great photos. Replace UCONN with URI lol, what a party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 not a tough one for me. hurricane force winds, drifts to 8 feet and front end loaders lifting cars out of the road to make them passable. and Pats go on to crush the Steelers in AFC championship game Yes I've said this a million times, but the rest of SNE really needed to see for themselves what the Cape looked like afterwards. I seriously could not believe it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Yes I've said this a million times, but the rest of SNE really needed to see for themselves what the Cape looked like afterwards. I seriously could not believe it. I did, it was awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 1. January 2005 Blizzard 2. February 2003 Blizzard 3. December 2003 Blizzard 4. April 1997 Blizzard 5. Not a clue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Top 5, listed chronologically (1st 2 in NNJ, next 2 in Ft.Kent, last in New Sharon): --2/3-4/1961: 24" fell atop 20"+ snowpack, depths over 40" (two nearby COOPs reported 50" and 52"), easily top snowpack in NNJ records. --12/24/1966: Only 15", but Christmas Eve timing and thundersnow (I hadn't considered that even possible), plus my being out in the woods hunting when the thunder came makes this a top 5. --4/7-8/1982: 17.5" with temps low teens (about 30F below normal max for the date), mega drifting in winds 30-60+. Best bust ever; prev. evening's forecast was 20s, windy, flurries. --3/14-15/1984: 26.5" brought snow depth to 65", highest ever at my stake. Measured 80" in the woods near Estcourt Station the next day. Bar. fell only 1028 to 1014 during storm. --2/22-23/2009: 24.5" bringing snow depth to near 50", most intense band I've been in, with 9" in 2:45 and 18" in 7.5 hr. Have to respectfully demur on Jan '96 being huge for everybody. Most of Maine had light-mod acum. I had 4.0" in Gardiner, would've been less where I am now and complete whiff for Aroostook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 I can't believe Bob and I are the only votes for Jan 2005. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 As awesome as Jan 2005 was, 3/31/97-4/1/97 for me in Hyde Park. Have to give that the nod. Jan 2005 very close second for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin W Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Easily 78 for me. I was 12, but remember it all like it was yesterday. I've said this in the past on these forums and I'll say it again: At the time, my father said I would probably never again see a storm like that in my life. So far, he was right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 April 97 -- 36" (Medway, MA) Most Thunder snow I have ever seen, went on for 5-10 mins. Wasn't living in Mass at the time of the Blizzard of 78 otherwise that would be my top, lived in Danbury, CT, where it wasn't as bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radarman Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 March 01. Massive hype, JB's big dog in full effect, epic bust for our friends down south, U/L low phasing in late, interior crushed, 40-50"+ for Stowe and Jay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkO Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 '78, nothing else compares. I lived in Peabody at the time. All the roads were shut down. They used backhoes to clear my street. My parents put us kids in a toboggin and towed us to Peabody square for pizza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danstorm Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Really tough to pinpoint one - basically a four-way tie at the top. 1/12/11 - 22" of pure fluff atop an existing 1' pack. Trained up to Ridgefield, Ct. to catch it with my family overnight. What made it extra special: - Much exceeded expectations - forecasts were generally for 8-12... I thought there would be some strong banding in WCT/WMA - hi res models were hinting at this along with CSI potential. They were right. - Cutoff. Literally the Ct/NY border was the dividing line btwn 10 and 20 inch totals. There was a sick meso band that developed and pivoted over the area (and then swung East to crust the rest of SNE) for several hours. I took the train back to the city the next day and there was only 10" at the station just over the border. - The rates - heaviest i have ever seen in a synoptic storm ... literally 12" in 3.5 hrs. with one of those hours producing 5" ... you could literally watch it accumulate. I have never had a storm produce as much snow in such a short period of time. My dad went to bed at around 11 with 3" on the ground and work up the next day at 7 a.m. with about 22". Jan. '05: Sick winds and incredibly heavy snow... extra special because spent with my best friend at his parents' place on the S. Shore of Ma... will never really know how much fell because of the winds and the fact that we were right on the beach... probably between 26-30" judging from nearby reports (we were in Mattapoissett) Jan. 96: Epic because I had never experienced a storm like that... 24" atop a 14" pack... was a sophomore in HS ... amazing model shift the day before to include SW Ct. in the heavy snow. We jackpotted for Ct. Boxing Day: Spend that in Manhattan on the Battery... just insane winds... wild drifting and of course, heavy snow. Entire city shut down. Several bouts of very close t-snow on the W Side. Honorable Mention: Feb. 5, 2001.... also had thundersnow... sick rates... 15" in New Haven - was forecasting for Yale Daily News at the time... went big on snow and it paid off... great time with college friends, terrific memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 boxing day for obvious reasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 March 31-April 1, 1997...not close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 The April 13-17, 2007 Nor'Easter. 75" of snow at Sugarloaf, Maine and it just kept on snowing and snowing and snowing and, well you get the idea. This is the largest single storm snowfall total event for me. The town of Stratton, Maine used a highway grader to move all of the heavy wet snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabize Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Old man.....out of the country in '78, jaded and stressed out in January 96 for the 30" in West Philly. So Mayor Lindsay's snowstorm of early Feb 1969, with 27" on our hill in northern Westchester.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collinsville Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 1) Oct 2011 without a doubt, Nearly 19" of snow, thunder snow, power flashes, serious tree carnage. Still kick myself for not taking more photos/video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted January 11, 2013 Author Share Posted January 11, 2013 1) Oct 2011 without a doubt, Nearly 19" of snow, thunder snow, power flashes, serious tree carnage. Still kick myself for not taking more photos/video. Yup.. for people in Hartford County I think it has to be #1. I wasn't born for '78 so it makes it easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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