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Major Winter Storm Ongoing in the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes; Severe Weather Along the East Coast

A major winter storm will continue to bring blizzard conditions, heavy snowfall, icing, and strong winds through today across the Upper Midwest and Upper Great Lakes. Widespread severe storms are expected across the entire eastern U.S. with the highest threat over the interior Mid-Atlantic, where there is a risk for damaging wind gusts and a few tornadoes. Heat continues to build in the West. Read More >

FIRST WINTER SNOWFALL:    

BUFFALO

AVERAGE First Flake Oct 24
First Measurable (0.1" or more) Nov 8
First Inch Nov 18
 

EARLIEST EVER

First Flake Sep 20, 1956
First Measurable (0.1" or more) Oct 6, 1991
First Inch Oct 10, 1906
 
LATEST EVER First Flake Nov 28, 2024
First Measurable (0.1" or more) Dec 18, 2015
First Inch Jan 2, 1932

ROCHESTER

AVERAGE First Flake Oct 23
First Measurable (0.1" or more) Nov 8
First Inch Nov 20
 

EARLIEST EVER

First Flake Sep 20, 1956
First Measurable (0.1" or more) Oct 9, 1925
First Inch Oct 11, 1906
 
LATEST EVER First Flake Dec 1, 2024
First Measurable (0.1" or more) Dec 10, 1948
First Inch Dec 28, 2015

 

 

Period of Record:

    Buffalo 1884 - present

    Rochester  1884 - present