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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
EXCESSIVE SEASON SNOWFALLS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
600 AM EST SAT FEB 07 2009
...IMPRESSIVE SEASON SNOWFALLS THROUGH JANUARY FOR MOST OF WESTERN
AND CENTRAL NEW YORK...
THE 2008-09 WINTER SEASON HAS PASSED THE HALFWAY MARK...AND HAS BEEN
MARKED BY ALMOST CONSTANT COLD WEATHER AND DAILY SNOWFALLS. THE
WINTER BEGAN EARLY WITH A MAJOR GENERAL SNOWFALL EAST OF LAKE
ONTARIO JUST BEFORE HALLOWEEN...THEN AFTER A MILD FIRST HALF OF
NOVEMBER...EXCESSIVE LAKE EFFECT SNOWS PLAGUED THE SNOWBELT AREAS IN
LATE NOVEMBER. DECEMBER`S LAST TWO WEEKS WERE PARTICULARLY EXTREME
WITH TWO MAJOR GENERAL SNOWFALLS INTERSPERSED WITH SEVERAL
SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT EVENTS ALONG WITH A BRIEF BUT STRONG THAW
WHICH CAUSED FLOODING DURING ITS LAST WEEK. FINALLY...JANUARY WAS
NOTHING BUT COLD AND SNOW. IT WAS THE COLDEST MONTH IN FIVE YEARS
AND FEATURED MEASURABLE SNOW ON 24 OF THE 31 DAYS...ALTHOUGH FEW
WERE SIGNIFICANT.
MOST OF OUR 200 SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED IN WITH THEIR SEASONAL
SNOWFALLS THROUGH JANUARY. NEARLY ALL ARE WELL ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THE
SEASON TO DATE...AND MANY HAVE SURPASSED THEIR NORMALS FOR THE
ENTIRE WINTER SEASON...WITH OVER TWO MONTHS TO GO. HERE ARE SOME
REPRESENTATIVE SNOWFALL TOTALS BY COUNTY FOR THE 2008-09 SEASON
THROUGH JANUARY 31...
...NIAGARA COUNTY...
.LOCKPORT....... 83 INCHES
.NO.TONAWANDA... 78 INCHES
.NIAGARA FALLS.. 76 INCHES
.MIDDLEPORT..... 70 INCHES
.YOUNGSTOWN..... 58 INCHES
...ORLEANS COUNTY...
.LYNDONVILLE.... 62 INCHES
.ALBION......... 55 INCHES
...ERIE COUNTY...
.COLDEN........ 152 INCHES
.BOSTON........ 150 INCHES
.EDEN.......... 135 INCHES
.CHAFFEE....... 121 INCHES
.WALES......... 114 INCHES
.EAST AURORA... 111 INCHES
.ELMA.......... 105 INCHES
.ALDEN......... 102 INCHES
.MARILLA....... 100 INCHES
.WEST SENECA.... 99 INCHES
.HAMBURG........ 89 INCHES
.LACKAWANNA..... 87 INCHES
.BUFFALO CITY... 75 TO 90 INCHES (NORTH TO SOUTH)
.AMHERST........ 86 INCHES
.CHEEKTOWAGA.... 86.1 INCHES (NWS BUF AIRPORT)
.KEN-TONAWANDA.. 75 INCHES
.GRAND ISLAND... 61 INCHES
...GENESEE COUNTY...
.DARIEN......... 91 INCHES
.BATAVIA........ 79 INCHES
.STAFFORD....... 77 INCHES
.PAVILION....... 65 INCHES
...WYOMING COUNTY...
.WARSAW........ 151 INCHES
.PERRY.......... 96 INCHES
.PORTAGEVILLE... 81 INCHES
...CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...
.MAYVILLE...... 237 INCHES
.ARKWRIGHT..... 228 INCHES
.SINCLAIRVILLE. 200 INCHES
.BEMUS POINT... 177 INCHES
.ELLINGTON..... 168 INCHES
.FORESTVILLE... 141 INCHES
.JAMESTOWN..... 128 INCHES
.DUNKIRK........ 97 INCHES
.FREDONIA....... 86 INCHES
...CATTARAUGUS COUNTY...
.SOUTH DAYTON.. 249 INCHES
.PERRYSBURG.... 223 INCHES
.ELLICOTTVILLE. 203 INCHES
.YORKSHIRE..... 199 INCHES
.WEST VALLEY... 175 INCHES
.LITTLE VALLEY. 173 INCHES
.CATTARAUGUS... 143 INCHES
.RANDOLPH...... 123 INCHES
.OLEAN.......... 87 INCHES
...ALLEGANY COUNTY...
.FRIENDSHIP.... 100 INCHES
.RUSHFORD....... 98 INCHES
.ALFRED......... 81 INCHES
.ANGELICA....... 68 INCHES
.WELLSVILLE..... 64 INCHES
.WHITESVILLE.... 62 INCHES
...MONROE COUNTY...
.HAMLIN........ 106 INCHES
.PERINTON....... 98 INCHES
.ROCHESTER...... 86.6 INCHES (NWS ROC AIRPORT)
.PENFIELD....... 83 INCHES
.ROCHESTER...... 80 INCHES (CHARLOTTE)
.FAIRPORT....... 80 INCHES
.WEBSTER........ 79 INCHES
.WHEATLAND...... 75 INCHES
.GREECE......... 74 INCHES
.CHILI.......... 63 INCHES
...WAYNE COUNTY...
.MARION......... 97 INCHES
.PALMYRA........ 83 INCHES
.NEWARK......... 79 INCHES
.SODUS CENTER... 71 INCHES
...LIVINGSTON COUNTY...
.SCOTTSBURG..... 75 INCHES
.SPRINGWATER.... 71 INCHES
.LIVONIA........ 67 INCHES
.GENESEO........ 65 INCHES
.AVON........... 56 INCHES
.DANSVILLE...... 52 INCHES
...ONTARIO COUNTY...
.STANLEY........ 73 INCHES
.CANANDAIGUA.... 54 INCHES
.HONEOYE LAKE... 45 INCHES
...CAYUGA COUNTY...
.CATO-MERIDIAN. 133 INCHES
.FAIR HAVEN.... 129 INCHES
.MONTEZUMA...... 84 INCHES
...OSWEGO COUNTY...
.REDFIELD...... 265 INCHES
.BENNETTS BRG.. 210 INCHES
.PULASKI....... 196 INCHES
.SCRIBA........ 193 INCHES
.MINETTO....... 177 INCHES
.SW OSWEGO..... 176 INCHES
.WEST MONROE... 166 INCHES
.LACONA........ 152 INCHES
.HANNIBAL...... 123 INCHES
...LEWIS COUNTY...
.COPENHAGEN.... 285 INCHES (HOOKER CO-OP STA)
.HIGHMARKET.... 192 INCHES
.LOWVILLE...... 144 INCHES
.HARRISVILLE... 139 INCHES
...JEFFERSON COUNTY...
.ADAMS......... 195 INCHES
.CARTHAGE...... 166 INCHES
.WATERTOWN..... 140 TO 160 INCHES
.CLAYTON....... 80 INCHES
$$
MCLAUGHLIN
