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We feel pretty good about handling our snow in Minnesota, but we got nothin’ on Buffalo, N.Y.

Buffalo’s extreme five-day snow blitz produced 81.2 inches of snow near Hamburg, N.Y., just south of Buffalo. Orchard Park next door picked up 80 inches. 

Official state records take time to verify. But it looks like the Hamburg, N.Y., area picked up 72.4 inches of snow in 48 hours. If verified, that would beat New York state’s current two-day snowfall record of 69.3 inches near Highmarket from Jan. 5-6, 1988.

Here’s more on how the latest snow event compares to records in New York from the 

More snow than a Minnesota winter in 5 days

Just for some perspective, the 30-year annual average snowfall in the Twin Cities is 51.2 inches.

So areas south of Buffalo picked up 30 inches more snow than an average winter in the Twin Cities. In five days.

So the next time we think the snow is heavy in Minnesota, remember Buffalo. 

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Paul Huttner

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Prolific lake-effect snow blitz likely set records. 

Buffalo snow topped 81 inches in 5 days; Twin Cities all-winter average is 51

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