*This story has been updated to reflect new snow totals in Western New York*

The Blizzard that many in Western New York are calling the worst snowstorm in the history of the area has brought hurricane-force winds and several feet of snow into town.

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Almost the entire American midwest and northeast have been hit hard by the winter weather that started on Friday, December 23, 2022. The weather truly left its mark on the Buffalo area with strong winds, whiteout conditions, below-freezing temperatures, and sub-zero windchill which knocked out power to thousands around the area and left the entire region paralyzed.

Travel around the area has been impossible as many roads are simply impassable, which also caused emergency services to not be able to respond to calls for help with nearly 66% of their vehicles stuck in the snow. In addition to roads being in horrible shape, the Buffalo Aiport, along with Metro Bus & Metro Rail services were also suspended and have yet to be restored. Nearly all businesses remain closed as well due to the inability to get just about anywhere.

This all is related to the serious amount of snow that has fallen since the storm started. Weather officials expected there to be at least 3 feet of snow on the ground in Buffalo and surrounding areas. The National Weather Service Buffalo issued an update today with snowfall totals from all over the 716.

More than 4 feet of snow has fallen at the Buffalo Airport, with areas like Williamsville, Amherst, Kenmore, and several other communities boasting at least 24 or more inches of snow.

Snowfall Totals

  • BUFFALO, NY - Erie County - 51.5 Inches
  • WATERTOWN, NY - Jefferson County - 46.4 Inches
  • LAKE VIEW, NY - Erie County - 44.3 Inches
  • HAMBURG, NY - Erie County - 41.5 Inches
  • ELMA, NY - Erie County - 39.7 Inches
  • WILLIAMSVILLE, NY - Erie County - 37.5 Inches
  • ORCHARD PARK, NY - Erie County - 37.0 Inches
  • KENMORE, NY - Erie County - 32.5 Inches
  • WEST SENECA, NY - Erie County - 32.5 Inches
  • AMHERST, NY - Erie County - 30.8 Inches
  • ANGOLA, NY - Erie County - 29.4 Inches
  • LOCKPORT, NY - Niagara County - 28.2 Inches
  • PENDLETON, NY - Niagara County - 26.5 Inches
  • BOSTON, NY - Erie County - 22.4 Inches
  • WARSAW, NY - Wyoming County - 19.3 Inches
  • NORTH TONAWANDA, NY - Niagara County - 19.0 Inches
  • GLENWOOD, NY - Erie County - 18.0 Inches
  • BATAVIA, NY - Gneesee County - 17.0 Inches
  • MEDINA, NY - Orleans County - 15.4 Inches
  • GLENWOOD, NY - Erie County - 17 Inches
  • WYOMING, NY - Wyoming County - 10.6 Inches
  • MAYVILLE, NY - Chautauqua County - 9.5 Inches
  • BROCKPORT, NY - Monroe County - 8.2 Inches
  • DUNKIRK, NY - Chautauqua County - 8.0 Inches
  • ROCHESTER, NY - Monroe County - 1.7 Inches
  • OLEAN, NY - Cattaraugus County - 1.5 Inches

The Blizzard Is Over But The Snow Isn't Done Yet

The National Weather Service has said we're not out of the woods yet with some additional snow is expected to blow into the metro area and suburbs, along with some more bitter cold temperatures. Buffalo and Western New York have certainly been mollywhopped by winter over the last few days.

So the good news, for now, is that the blizzard is officially over, but the bad news is the Buffalo snow machine is going to be hard at work for at least another day or two.

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