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Snowy Rochester Slips into The Lead

Posted by The Snowman on December 6, 2010
Posted in: Golden Snowball, rochester snow, snow totals.

Update 9:45 PM:

Just a heads up that we have had another lead change but I’ll wait until tomorrow to change the stats. As of around 4:pm Buffalo grabbed the lead from Rochester and Syracuse moved into second, Bingo jumped to 3rd place and the Rock sits in 4th now. At least 3 of the cities, maybe 4 may set a snow record for the date. It will be interesting to see who comes out on top come morning. I’m off to shovel.

Current Seasons Totals as of 4 – 5 PM

Buffalo – 17.0
Syracuse – 14.4
Binghamton – 13.7
Rochester – 13.4
Albany – Enough said 🙂

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The snow totals are in from yesterday and Rochester is the King of the Snow Hill. They slid past Buffalo by only .05 but enough to get them on top and they are the first GSB city to reach the one foot of snow mark.. It will be interesting to see if they hold the lead through the next update because some of the overnight snowfall hasn’t been reported yet.

Yesterday’s Snow Stats According to NOAA:

Rochester – 8.3
Syracuse – 6.8
Binghamton – 6.2
Buffalo – .7
Albany – Trace

Here in the Syracuse area I just shoveled about 5 inches of settled snow. We’ll see what NOAA comes out with later in the day or evening for the GSB cities. So far there have been 3 Leaders this season. Albany started the season out, Buffalo grabbed the lead from them and now Rochester takes over as the possible snow champion. I think it’s going to be a fun and exciting season and I’ll be posting the Golden Snowball winter outlook forecast sometime in the near future. I know everyone just can’t wait for that post, Not.

Have a great day all!

Syracuse’s Snowless Streak Ends

Posted by The Snowman on December 5, 2010
Posted in: Lake Effect Snow, syracuse snow plowing.

Syracuse hasn’t been able to have an inch at a time fall this season . That is up until yesterday when 1.1 inches of snow fell. The second longest snow less streak on record.

I think the last time Syracuse seen and inch of snow was on February 27th. According to Sean Kirst at syracuse.com . Last season we sled past the old record going 287 days without an inch. This season Syracuse went 280 days I believe without an inch of snow falling in a day. Syracuse better be careful because we may just lose our Farmers Almanac’s #1 ranking for the worst winter city in the US
That said it’s been snowing off and on all day and at least 3 inches so far in my neck of the woods. Right now Onondaga and Madison county are under a Lake Effect snow warning until 7am so get up a little early tomorrow to clean off the cars and the driveways. I was watching th radar off and on today and it looked like Rochester was under a good snowband.

Anyone have any info on what’s going on in the other GSB cities?

Snow Stats for the Buffalo Area Dec 1 – Dec 3

Posted by The Snowman on December 3, 2010
Posted in: buffalo snow december 1st 3rd.

I’m sure most of you have heard how hard the surrounding Buffalo area has been getting hit. Motorists were stranded for hours and hours and hours on the thruway. Here are some of the snow stats via NOAA. More about being stranded at syracuse.com

…ERIE COUNTY…
DEPEW — 42.0 –800 AM 12/3– NWS EMPLOYEE
BUFFALO –39.0 –1000 AM 12/3 –SE CORNER BUFFALO
ELMA– 30.0– 800 AM 12/3— NWS EMPLOYEE
WEST SENECA– 30.0– 800 AM 12/3– COCORAHS
LANCASTER– 29.5 –1059 AM 12/3 –NWS EMPLOYEE
LANCASTER– 29.0– 800 AM 12/3 –NWS EMPLOYEE
WEST SENECA– 24.7– 800 AM 12/3 –COCORAHS
MARILLA– 23.0 –800 AM 12/3 –SOUTHERN PORTION
LANCASTER– 22.0– 800 AM 12/3 –NWS EMPLOYEE
BLASDELL– 20.3– 800 AM 12/3 –COCORAHS
BUFFALO– 20.0 –800 AM 12/3 –COCORAHS – FIRST WARD
WALES– 16.0 –800 AM 12/3 –COCORAHS
AKRON– 14.0– 900 AM 12/3 –COCORAHS
ELMA CENTER– 13.0– 800 AM 12/3 –NWS EMPLOYEE
EAST AURORA– 10.7 –800 AM 12/3 –COCORAHS
BUFFALO– 9.2 –800 AM 12/3 –AIRPORT
BOSTON– 7.0– 800 AM 12/3 –COCORAHS
GLENWOOD– 6.5– 800 AM 12/3 –COCORAHS
WILLIAMSVILLE– 5.8– 800 AM 12/3 –COCORAHS
CLARENCE CENTER– 4.5– 800 AM 12/3 –SPOTTER
WILLIAMSVILLE– 2.8 –800 AM 12/3 —COCORAHS
TONAWANDA– 1.2 –800 AM 12/3 –COCORAHS
KENMORE– 1.0 –800 AM 12/3 –COCORAHS

Why do I know this is going to open the normal yearly can of worms if ya’s know what I mean 🙂

The National Golden Snow Globe Contest Begins

Posted by The Snowman on December 3, 2010
Posted in: buffalo snow, golden snow globe.

Just wanted to give a heads up that we updated the cities in the national snow race over at the Golden Snow Globe site. One of the leaders right now was second from last, last season. It should be another fun snow contest this winter.

Buffalo continues to add to their snow totals and it looks like they are just missing out on the really heavy stuff. Either way I’m jealous of what they are getting. Hey, were any of you stuck in that weather around the Buffalo area yesterday? Hopefully not looking at the video on CNN, the Weather Channel and other national news not to mention local.

Rochester Finally Gets Some Measurable Snow

Posted by The Snowman on December 2, 2010
Posted in: Golden Snowball, rochester snow.

An Update as of early this morning in the Buffalo area – Democrat and Chronicle

Rochester picked up over 3 inches of snow yesterday to make a run at the top but Buffalo said slow down rock, not yet. Buffalo added 5.3 inches of snow to their totals which keeps them on top of the snow contest. Rochester shows that 3.4 inches of the white fluffy gold fell from the sky above them which shot them from last place into second place this snow season. There still may be more to add to those totals come tomorrow morning.

Syracuse remains in third place followed by Albany and Binghamton. Binghamton has to be feeling pretty lonely down there at the bottom of the snow chart. Don’t worry, we all know that Albany will take that spot over sometime soon.

Yesterday was a day of heavy rain and strong winds, followed by snow at most of the Golden Snowball cities. Funny thing is here we are in December and 4 of the 5 cities broke a record for the most rainfall for the date. Binghamton was the only city that didn’t even though they had 1.10 inches of rain.

Hey, Have a Great Day All!

Buffalo Inches Their Way into First Place

Posted by The Snowman on November 27, 2010
Posted in: Uncategorized.

Way to go Buffalo sneaking in just enough to knock Albany down from the top spot on the snow mountain. All 5 of the Golden Snowball cities have boarded the sled into the 2010 – 2011 snowfall season. I think come tomorrow there should be some more snow to add to the totals. It still just don’t look right seeing Albany up near the top. Let’s see how long they can stick around.

Have a Great Day All!