Buffalo has once again moved into the second place slot on the Golden Snowball snow hill. I’m really liking that Buffalo has decided to join in on the snowball fight this season with the rest of the GSB cities. Syracuse still holds onto the top spot on the snow hill but they (I know, not a person – Sorry Teacher David, I am reading your emails though and learning 😉 ) better not get too comfortable up there because I don’t think it will last too much longer.
Buffalo is also closing in on their snow totals for all of last season (2012-2013) which was only 58.8 inches of snow. Buffalo only needs a little more than 10 inches to surpass last seasons totals. Go Buffalo!!!
All of the Golden Snowball cities are ahead of last seasons snow totals for this time in the season and all of the cities are also ahead of their average snowfall for this time in the season. Syracuse is barely ahead though while the rest of the cities are crushing their normal. Albany has even showed up for the snowball fight this season and is just a coastal storm or two away from taking the top spot.
I’m also loving how close the contest still is now that we are into January. Less than 6 inches of snow separates four of the cities which are Syracuse, Buffalo, Rochester and Binghamton. Keep an eye on Binghamton because they seem to be picking up snow just about every time any of the other cities get snow. Stay Tuned and Stay Warm.
Have a Great Day Everyone 🙂
Do you happen to know how much snow each city has received since the beginning of the year? Or in the first week of 2014? I am a teacher in NC, previously from Binghamton, and we’ve had two-hour delays for the past two days because of the cold (no precipitation at all). I was trying to explain the ridiculousness to my students and said “Since Jan. 1st, NY has gotten more snow with less time off!” I tried to check but cannot find anything except totals.
Heather
Hi Heather, The last week or so quite a few of the schools have closed or have had some delays and most of them for the same reason as down there. I’m not sure how cold it got there but the temperatures in the CNY/Upstate area with where the wind chills were something like -25 – -35 below zero. I do get what you’re saying though and how even a couple of inches can close or delay some of the schools down south. I have quite a bit of family that live from the Carolina’s to Florida and they can’t get over it living up north most of their lives. I can do monthly for January which I think will help you out Heather. If not let me know what else you need and I’ll try to find it for you.
Binghamton – 12.8
Buffalo – 16.8
Rochester – 12.0
Syracuse – 8.6
Albany – 9.5
Hope this helps you out Heather…
GO, BINGHAMTON (my hometown!)