Record Buffalo Snow

Pretty incredible stuff up in Buffalo, NY. An impressive lake-effect snowstorm has piled up some incredible snow amounts. This is the earliest lake-effect snow storm on record in Buffalo. This is from the Buffalo NWS.

RECORD EVENT REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
500AM EDT FRI OCT 13 2006

..SNOWIEST DAYS ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER

THE UNPRECEDENTED LAKE EFFECT SNOW STORM THAT CONTINUED ACROSS THE
NIAGARA FRONTIER THROUGH THE WEE MORNING HOURS PRODUCED SOME
IMPRESSIVE SNOWFALL TOTALS. 

RECORDS HAVE BEEN SET ON TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS FOR SNOWFALL AT
BUFFALO.

ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, THE BUFFALO AIRPORT RECORDED 8.3 INCHES OF
SNOW, BREAKING THE ALL TIME RECORD FOR DAILY SNOWFALL IN OCTOBER,
WHICH WAS 6 INCHES LAST SET ON OCTOBER 31, 1917.

THURSDAY'S RECORD DID NOT LAST LONG HOWEVER. THROUGH 5AM FOR FRIDAY,
OCTOBER 13, BUFFALO RECORDED 10.9 INCHES OF SNOW, SETTING A NEW MARK
FOR THE SNOWIEST DAY IN OCTOBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN BACK IN 1870.

THE CULPRIT FOR THIS RECORD SNOW IS THE EARLIEST LAKE EFFECT SNOW
STORM ON RECORD TO HIT THE CITY OF BUFFALO.