Glad it's not my record snow!

I grew up in Buffalo, NY on the south side of the city; meaning lake effect snow storms were the norm. We moved to Orchard Park — which just got a record-setting 77 inches of snow in 24 hours — in the mid-1960s (below). The snow was apparently falling at the rate of a little over 5 inches per hour. It sounds like the storm arrived and stayed put, rather than blowing on; similar to the rain "events" that are happening more and more these days. 

I've lived in Madison for 50 years and have always said it doesn't really snow here all that much; not when you're a Buffalo gal. This is what it looked like at my house (below) in the winter of 2007/08 when Madison got 100 inches of snow. But it took until the end of March to hit that record. 

No snow in our forecast this week and the temperatures will be in the 40°s after a very chilly week. So no complaints here and a sympathetic shout out to my cousins who still live in that snowy spot.

Comments

[Kris P]

I can't even imagine that...

[Frank]

Same chilliness followed by a warmup here. I'm glad to see the warmth since I still have a few tulips to get in :)
One of the Buffalo headlines made me laugh, something about five feet of snow and there were some road closures and cancelled flights...
I laughed because it sounded like things would have been about average if it just stopped snowing at maybe four feet!

[Linda Brazill]

FRANK — I think 2-4 feet is not that unusual for any of the lake effect snow storms. I lived in Rochester on Lake Ontario and have family in Erie and the storms always dump a lot of snow. But it melts until a new storm arrives.​ Here it is usually much colder and so we don't get that melt after a storm. Can be miserable for a long time on the roads.

[Barbara H.]

I remember some of those large lake effect snow dumps as a child in western Michigan, not too far from Lake Michigan. But oh my goodness, I can't imagine the 77 inches at one time. It's been very cold at night here in Alabama the last week or so - in the 20s - but looks like we are moving back into the more normal range. Thank goodness!

[danger garden]

Having grown up in an area that could record significant snowfall, I am thrilled to be free of it. Not that we haven't gotten plenty of snow here in Portland, but at least it's not a common occurance.

[hb]

I read a few comments from Buffalo residents about the snow--most were along the lines of, "Yes, it's a lot. We'll deal with it."

Internet news stories seem to sometimes over-dramatize weather stories...to attract readers, I guess.

Can't imagine all that snow--my parents immigrated from somewhere very cold to California to get away from it.

[hb]

I meant the comments were in news stories about the snow, if that was unclear. Sorry!