Snowfall By Season
Note: Official National Weather Service snowfall statistics were not kept at the current locations for Binghamton and Syracuse until the 1951-52 season.
All measurements are in inches.
| Season | Albany | Binghamton | Buffalo | Rochester | Syracuse | City With Most Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940-41 | 51.7 | 79.3 | 73.7 | Buffalo | ||
| 1941-42 | 45.2 | 89.6 | 66.3 | Buffalo | ||
| 1942-43 | 45.0 | 85.5 | 70.6 | Buffalo | ||
| 1943-44 | 48.6 | 58.0 | 46.1 | Buffalo | ||
| 1944-45 | 66.8 | 120.7 | 94.7 | Buffalo | ||
| 1945-46 | 54.9 | 110.5 | 49.5 | Buffalo | ||
| 1946-47 | 43.1 | 65.4 | 75.5 | Rochester | ||
| 1947-48 | 90.0 | 42.1 | 63.4 | Albany | ||
| 1948-49 | 44.2 | 40.1 | 50.9 | Rochester | ||
| 1949-50 | 62.6 | 88.7 | 81.7 | Buffalo | ||
| Season | Albany | Binghamton | Buffalo | Rochester | Syracuse | City With Most Snow |
| 1950-51 | 48.3 | 71.4 | 75.8 | Rochester | ||
| 1951-52 | 69.4 | 72.2 | 83.0 | 75.8 | 100.5 | Syracuse |
| 1952-53 | 46.0 | 70.4 | 55.9 | 41.7 | 79.4 | Syracuse |
| 1953-54 | 48.4 | 65.1 | 89.9 | 77.5 | 91.3 | Syracuse |
| 1954-55 | 36.6 | 94.8 | 84.8 | 69.2 | 101.4 | Syracuse |
| 1955-56 | 80.2 | 122.6 | 105.2 | 121.4 | 146.8 | Syracuse |
| 1956-57 | 70.3 | 90.2 | 113.7 | 79.2 | 76.1 | Buffalo |
| 1957-58 | 74.4 | 111.0 | 124.7 | 130.8 | 143.8 | Syracuse |
| 1958-59 | 63.2 | 78.7 | 114.5 | 140.6 | 137.2 | Rochester |
| 1959-60 | 60.1 | 105.3 | 115.6 | 161.7 | 134.8 | Rochester |
| Season | Albany | Binghamton | Buffalo | Rochester | Syracuse | City With Most Snow |
| 1960-61 | 72.7 | 99.7 | 102.4 | 89.4 | 130.5 | Syracuse |
| 1961-62 | 62.6 | 65.6 | 101.4 | 65.6 | 77.3 | Buffalo |
| 1962-63 | 71.3 | 95.3 | 89.8 | 76.4 | 118.3 | Syracuse |
| 1963-64 | 77.0 | 103.3 | 71.5 | 92.0 | 83.8 | Binghamton |
| 1964-65 | 45.8 | 76.4 | 70.9 | 71.1 | 97.3 | Syracuse |
| 1965-66 | 67.1 | 83.7 | 98.3 | 103.2 | 118.8 | Syracuse |
| 1966-67 | 80.9 | 88.5 | 66.1 | 74.0 | 87.5 | Binghamton |
| 1967-68 | 42.2 | 63.6 | 71.6 | 76.7 | 81.2 | Syracuse |
| 1968-69 | 63.3 | 64.5 | 78.4 | 79.8 | 99.7 | Syracuse |
| 1969-70 | 87.7 | 115.8 | 120.5 | 119.6 | 127.6 | Syracuse |
| Season | Albany | Binghamton | Buffalo | Rochester | Syracuse | City With Most Snow |
| 1970-71 | 112.5 | 108.6 | 97.0 | 142.7 | 157.2 | Syracuse |
| 1971-72 | 89.3 | 106.2 | 109.9 | 105.1 | 133.7 | Syracuse |
| 1972-73 | 70.9 | 67.7 | 78.8 | 73.0 | 82.2 | Syracuse |
| 1973-74 | 58.3 | 86.7 | 88.7 | 99.1 | 123.2 | Syracuse |
| 1974-75 | 54.6 | 67.1 | 95.6 | 91.2 | 105.5 | Syracuse |
| 1975-76 | 54.2 | 76.3 | 82.5 | 86.2 | 95.8 | Syracuse |
| 1976-77 | 70.6 | 74.4 | 199.4 | 92.1 | 145.0 | Buffalo |
| 1977-78 | 92.4 | 115.3 | 154.3 | 160.9 | 161.2 | Syracuse |
| 1978-79 | 63.5 | 80.0 | 97.3 | 138.5 | 118.5 | Rochester |
| 1979-80 | 27.4 | 56.8 | 68.4 | 72.2 | 93.4 | Syracuse |
| Season | Albany | Binghamton | Buffalo | Rochester | Syracuse | City With Most Snow |
| 1980-81 | 44.9 | 59.3 | 60.9 | 94.4 | 79.0 | Rochester |
| 1981-82 | 97.1 | 81.6 | 112.4 | 128.4 | 137.3 | Syracuse |
| 1982-83 | 75.0 | 81.0 | 52.4 | 59.9 | 66.0 | Binghamton |
| 1983-84 | 65.2 | 70.9 | 132.5 | 118.0 | 113.6 | Buffalo |
| 1984-85 | 41.3 | 62.5 | 107.2 | 87.1 | 116.4 | Syracuse |
| 1985-86 | 62.5 | 76.3 | 114.7 | 70.7 | 105.3 | Buffalo |
| 1986-87 | 80.6 | 78.8 | 67.5 | 67.1 | 103.4 | Syracuse |
| 1987-88 | 76.7 | 81.6 | 56.4 | 69.8 | 113.2 | Syracuse |
| 1988-89 | 19.0 | 47.8 | 67.4 | 86.6 | 97.8 | Syracuse |
| 1989-90 | 57.9 | 74.8 | 93.7 | 105.8 | 153.0 | Syracuse |
| Season | Albany | Binghamton | Buffalo | Rochester | Syracuse | City With Most Snow |
| 1990-91 | 28.7 | 67.0 | 57.5 | 68.3 | 96.9 | Syracuse |
| 1991-92 | 30.7 | 56.0 | 92.8 | 110.6 | 167.0 | Syracuse |
| 1992-93 | 94.2 | 122.7 | 93.2 | 131.5 | 192.1 | Syracuse |
| 1993-94 | 88.1 | 131.3 | 112.7 | 126.2 | 163.8 | Syracuse |
| 1994-95 | 30.9 | 52.8 | 74.6 | 56.2 | 66.9 | Buffalo |
| 1995-96 | 86.5 | 134.0 | 141.4 | 130.3 | 170.9 | Syracuse |
| 1996-97 | 66.6 | 93.0 | 97.6 | 104.7 | 131.1 | Syracuse |
| 1997-98 | 52.3 | 92.0 | 75.6 | 99.7 | 134.7 | Syracuse |
| 1998-99 | 44.1 | 73.3 | 100.5 | 111.6 | 98.3 | Rochester |
| 1999-2000 | 62.1 | 82.4 | 63.6 | 110.7 | 85.8 | Rochester |
| Season | Albany | Binghamton | Buffalo | Rochester | Syracuse | City With Most Snow |
| 2000-01 | 77.1 | 112.6 | 158.7 | 133.0 | 191.9 | Syracuse |
| 2001-02 | 47.4 | 63.5 | 132.4 | 58.1 | 59.4 | Buffalo |
| 2002-03 | 105.4 | 117.6 | 111.3 | 135.2 | 153.2 | Syracuse |
| 2003-04 | 65.1 | 106.4 | 100.9 | 125.6 | 181.3 | Syracuse |
| 2004-05 | 75.9 | 106.5 | 109.1 | 113.6 | 136.2 | Syracuse |
| 2005-06 | 30.2 | 74.9 | 78.2 | 73.9 | 124.6 | Syracuse |
| 2006-07 | 45.9 | 78.6 | 88.9 | 107.2 | 140.2 | Syracuse |
| 2007-08 | 61.1 | 70.7 | 103.8 | 106.0 | 109.1 | Syracuse |
| 2008-09 | 52.6 | 73.3 | 100.2 | 103.7 | 149.6 | Syracuse |
| 2009-10 | 45.4 | 81.4 | 74.1 | 90.1 | 106.1 | Syracuse |
| 2010-11 | 87.2 | 117.5 | 111.8 | 127.0 | 179.0 | Syracuse |
| 2011-12 | 23.3 | 43.5 | 36.7 | 59.9 | 50.6 | Rochester |
Snowiest Season for all Golden Snowball Cities: Buffalo 199.4 inches (1976-77)
Least Snowy Season for all Golden Snowball Cities: Albany 13.8 inches (1912-13)
Read more about this topic: Golden Snowball Award
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Into a pit of ink, that the wide sea
Hath drops too few to wash her clean again
And salt too little which may season give
To her foul tainted flesh!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)