Buffalo, December 2022

50 inches, at the airport alone

The Elliott blizzard buried the city for five days straight. Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA.

Snowvember, 2014

The airport saw 17 inches

A few miles south, South Cheektowaga measured 65. Same storm, two different storms. Photo: Anthony Quintano, CC BY.

The cleanup

Where do you even put it all

Snow got trucked out of the city and dumped at Central Terminal by the ton. Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA.

January 2022

Somewhere under here is a car

An ordinary lake-effect week, not even one of the famous storms. Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA.

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It all starts this quietly

December and January carry more than half the season. See the real month-by-month numbers.

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