Rochester Snow Storm 2022 (2024)

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How much snow did Rochester NY get in 2022? ›

There were 10 days with measurable snow with 4 of those recording 2 or more inches. The 18.3” total was about 6 inches above normal. Temperatures for 2022 were on the cooler side, mostly thanks to a cold start and chilly end to the year.

Rochester NY weather: Snowfall averages in winter

As of 8 a.m., Thursday, 48.7 inches of snow were measured at the Rochester airport for the 2023-24 season, according to the Weather Service.

The blizzard's intense wind gusts blowing over the warm waters of Lake Erie triggered record lake-effect snow to Buffalo, New York, which at first fell as 1.98 mm (0.078 in) of rain but later converted to snow and accumulated to 56.5 in (144 cm) over 5 days in Snyder adjacent to Buffalo, ending on December 27.

January is historically the snowiest month in Rochester, based on data from the National Weather Service in Buffalo.

Syracuse has won the award 14 times but has been beaten out by Buffalo since 2021. Fellow competitors Rochester and Buffalo qualify as the world's eighth and ninth snowiest cities respectively.

Who could forget the Ice Storm of 1991 in Rochester, New York? It began on the afternoon of Sunday, March 3, 1991, and paralyzed the area, causing significant disruptions.

There's even an account from an article in a July 1816 edition of the Cortland Republican that really captures the moment, with the reporter noting, “I can find no person who has ever seen snow in June.

ALTA, Utah — It's been a great day of fresh spring powder for our local ski resorts, only adding to the already amazing snow totals the mountains saw this season.

By the numbers: The storm dumped an incredible 126 inches, or 10.5 feet, of snow in four days in Sugar Bowl, Calif., a ski resort located northwest of Lake Tahoe, according to the National Weather Service forecast office in Sacramento. Soda Springs picked up 116 inches.

The epic November 17-19^th 2014 lake effect event will be remembered as one of the most significant winter events in Buffalo's snowy history.

Did Buffalo get 100 inches of snow? ›

Buffalo piled up this 100-inch-plus snow total from three separate storms in only six weeks. The three snowstorms that have hammered Buffalo (and other lake-effect snowbelts) from mid-November through late December 2022).

Most snowfall in 24 hours

The official snowiest day in New York state history was 50 inches, according to NOAA. More than four feet of snowfall took place in Camden, New York on February 1, 1966. That blizzard also dumped the most snow for a single storm in state history (see below).

The latest snow accumulation ever recorded in Rochester was on May 19 when 0.4 inches of snow fell in 1976. We don't have any snow in the forecast for the foreseeable future. In all likelihood, we'll have to wait until next winter for our next chance of snow accumulation in Rochester.

Upstate New York is certainly no stranger to snow. Syracuse has the highest annual snowfall, with 114.3 inches per year on average. Not far behind is Buffalo with 92 inches and Rochester with 89.3 inches.

Winters are generally cold, cloudy and snowy across the region...but are changeable and include frequent thaws and rain as well. Snow covers the ground more often than not from Christmas into early March, but periods of bare ground are not uncommon.

Total season snowfall ranges from 70 inches south of the city to about 90 inches in Rochester to over 120 inches along the lake shore east of the city.

Impact. 30.2 inches (77 cm) of snowfall at the National Weather Service Buffalo, New York on the morning of November 19, 2022. Natural Bridge, New York received 70.9 inches (180 cm) of snow. A 132 mi (212 km) stretch of the New York Thruway was closed from Rochester, New York to the Pennsylvania border.