Table of Contents Welcome to Buffalo: A city proud to wear white after Labor Day 3 Counting our frozen assets Shovel-ready city
Welcome to Buffalo: A City Proud To Wear White After Labor Day W elcome to Buffalo, a city blessed with four distinct and thorou
Counting our frozen assets Western New York’s winters are a beautiful and thoroughly amazing time of year. They are the source o
Shovel-ready city Among the more surreal moments in my life has been spending time in Philadelphia and watching that entire city
Weather Myths Have a Way of Snowballing Yes, it’s true–it snows in Buffalo. And in the winter, it gets really cold. The reality
We are number 11! We are number 11! According to the National Climate Data Center, on a list of the top 10 snowiest cities in th
Even our snow goes wide right To date, the Superbowl and Lord Stanley’s cup have found a way to melt through our fingers. As loy
Gone with the wind According to the National Climatic Data Center’s list of the top 101 cities with the highest average wind spe
Blizzard hits and misses The Farmers’ Almanac recently published a list of what it considers the worst blizzards in U.S. history
Left out in the cold again On a top 10 list of the coldest cities in the lower 48 states, we once again come up bupkis. 1. Inter
On the brighter side For those of us who naturally carry around a pocketful of sunshine, this announcement will come as no supri
At the end of the day, we know where our houses are As a proud resident of Western New York, I sleep easier knowing the very wor
Buffalo Blizzards While I poke fun at our weather throughout this book, occasionally Buffalo receives a blizzard that is the rea
St. Patrick’s Day Blizzard - 1936 Many old timers don’t care whether or not Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, or if March comes
Blizzard of ‘77 The Blizzard of ‘77 is far and away the gold standard of blizzards. Just before noon on January 28, 1977, this s
Six-Pack Blizzard Good advice from a politician is all too rare. However, on January 18, 1985, as 53 mph winds drove 33.2 inches
Blizzard of 2001 It was as if someone was “dreaming of a white Christmas” and overslept for an entire week. The Blizzard of 2001
Arborgeddon While technically not a blizzard, an unusually early storm on October 13, 2006, proved that trees with their full co
Buffalo Weather Terminology: 101 In the winter, Buffalo weather reports often require a great deal of patience and the ability t
Lake effect/Snow belt Lake Effect: Lake effect snow is produced when cold winds move across larger expanses of warmer lake water
(It’s not made of ice, and it doesn’t make any noise.) Each winter since 1964, the ice boom, an 8,800 foot series of floating st
Twc=35.74+0.6215 Ta - 35.75 V +0.4275 TaV where Twc and Ta are measured in degrees fahrenheit, and V in mph. 0.16 0.16 (Wind-chi
Alberta Clipper (Dear Premier of Alberta, Thank you for the swell storm. Next time, please send beer instead.) Alberta Clippers
Types of Snow: Back in the Dark Ages when I was in high school, I had an English teacher who prodded us to stretch our vocabular
Just don’t call me late for dinner What’s in a name? That which we call a winter storm by any other name would still require sho
Shoveling lessons from a politician When Samantha Ettus, author of the book "The Experts' Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Kn
A Season to Celebrate Western New York comes alive in winter. The streets light up with colorful decorations, adding excitement
First Night/Ball Drop First Night was originally initiated in Boston in 1976 as a drug-and-alcoholfree alternative to traditiona
Let’s go (fill in team’s name here)! In Western New York, our passion for sports is legendary, and much of it goes hand-inhand w
Ice Bowl PHOTO: COURTESY OF ROBERT CZYZ - CLASSICBUFFALO.COM On January 1, 2008, an NHL attendance record-setting crowd of 71,21
Snow days Snow days rock! ‘Nuff said. page 60 Right: The basketball courts at Delaware Park. These courts become very busy in su
Buffalo on ice When it’s cold outside, downtown Buffalo has a hot spot for the entire family to enjoy–Rotary Rink at Fountain Pl
Boomdays Here in Buffalo we enjoy winter so much that we extend it a few weeks beyond the traditional calendar. We mark the adve
Western New York Winter Survival Strategies Truth be told, I have a warm weather bias. While I love the winter, I’m just now com
Western New York Winter Survival Strategy #1 Complete & Utter Denial Winter? What winter? For more information on executing this
Western New York Winter Survival Strategy #2 (The grass is always greener on the bottom side of the snow) This strategy is denia
Western New York Winter Survival Strategy #3 Wing, Wing, Wing. Heh-whoa If you receive a call from someone living in a warmer cl
Western New York Winter Survival Strategy #4 Retail Therapy Behind every giant snow mountain is a store just waiting to ease you
Western New York Winter Survival Strategy #5 Change Your Address Whenever the temperature dips below 32 degrees, add a special w
Western New York Winter Survival Strategy #6 Cast Fashion To The Wind Most wise Buffalonians strictly observe an old Scandanavia
Western New York Winter Survival Strategy #7 Snow Birds Being a glass-half-full kind of guy, I see the people in a positive ligh
Western New York Winter Survival Strategy #8 Vent Think of this survival exercise as a form of frozen, northeastern voodoo. Buil
Western New York Winter Survival Strategy #9 Hibernate This is a strategy roughly rooted in nature* and is probably the result o
Western New York Winter Survival Strategy #10 Stare at Stuff Cabin fever, the result of too much staring at the same four walls,
Western New York Winter Survival Strategy #11 Gallows’ Humor One of the first casualties of winter survival is always our sense
Western New York Winter Survival Strategy #12 Make Soup Here’s a surefire recipe that will both cure cabin fever and warm your c
Western New York Winter Survival Strategy #13 Pretend Snow is Fun For non-winter people, this is a doable leap. Take it in small