On 25/02/2012 8:20 AM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
> > wrote:
>
> -snip-
>>
>> Colder is not as important. It's the snow and the lack of sunshine. I think
>> buffalo has more cloud days than Pittsburgh, and definitely more snow. Lake
>> effect snow.
>>
>
> I think part of it is 'lets hate the big guy syndrome'- ala MS, AOL,
> GM, NYC, LA, SF, etc.
>
> http://www.buffaloresearch.com/snow.html
>
> Not even in the top 10 snowiest cities- or coldest, or windiest. [1994
> almanac]
>
> Made the top snowiest cities in 2010-- - 2 below Pittsburgh [and 30
> inches below Syracuse]
>
> From the same page- 2008 summer sunshine stats-- Buffalo 67%,
> Pittsburgh 58%.
>
> For the whole year- average sunshine-
> http://www.currentresults.com/Weathe...ne-by-city.php
> Buffalo 48%
> Pittsburgh 45%
>
I looked at one site and was surprised to see that Buffalo had so little
snow, but then I realized that it was for this year, which has seen an
exceptionally mild winter. I live about 25 miles from Buffalo and we
have had exceptionally warm weather. There has been lots of rain, and
usually in January and February the precipitation would be snow.
I found a site with average snowfalls and Buffalo is right up near the
top of the list, right behind Rochester.

I used to work in Fort Erie right across the river from Buffalo and it
is a snow belt. I was amazed by the way the snow dumped close to the
lake. One year we had a heavy snow fall. There was 4 feet of snow by the
lake. A mile north of there it was 3 and each half mile there was almost
a foot less. Two miles from the lake the snow was only about 6 inches.