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
Famous quotes containing the word season:
“The art of medicine in the season lies:
Wine given in season oft will benefit,
Which out of season injures.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)