The greatest single series of heavy snow outbursts in the history ofBuffalo, N.Y., struck the city during a five-day stretch in December, 2001.In all, wave after wave of heavy lake-effect snow unloaded 81.5 inches on thecity airport as of December 28.
Table of monthly snowfall shows record-smashingtally of Dec, 2001 (Credit: N.W.S.)This first installment of heavy snow struck Buffalo on the 24th, when itfollowed a remarkably warm first three weeks of the month.
More than 20 inches of snow buried the airport site within the first day of themulti-day storm.
Snowfall on the 25th and 26th was heavy enough to leave another foot of whitecovering, but the heaviest was yet to come.
Intense snow bursts powered a 48-inch dump of snow in as many hours before thestorm came to an end on the 28th. This burying outburst left snow depth as highas 44 inches on the 27th.
The Buffalo weather record book was rewritten by this stunning display oflake-effect fury.
For one, it was the snowiest month known, with 82.7 inches. And this in spiteof the 6.1-degree temperature departure above normal for the month as a whole.
Moreover, the snow depth of 44 inches was the highest such depth on record.
