Winter Weather Brings Dangerous Travel Conditions Across the Northern U.S.

Heavy lake effect snow will persist downwind of the Great Lakes through early Saturday. Snow squalls with heavy snow and gusty winds will create dangerous travel in the Interior Northeast due to low visibility and slippery roads. A major winter storm will bring moderate to heavy, accumulating snow and gusty winds from the eastern Plains to the western Great Lakes today through Saturday. 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