No Buffalonian Will Ever Forget The One Winter That Never Seemed To End
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Samantha Gill
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When you live in Buffalo, you come to expect a few things: people will always talk about your sports teams’ worst moments. Everyone associates your city with wings. And winter definitely feels like the longest season… but consider yourself lucky that not all winters are as long as others. No Buffalonian will ever forget this winter that never seemed to end.
Yes, you heard that right – May! And we're not talking just a dusting of snow, either.
Some roofs even collapsed from the weight of it all. We can almost guarantee a lot of hearts sank that day, too, when Buffalonians woke up to nearly a foot of snow in spring.
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Snow plows and salters were called back into duty for the day, although much of the snow melted on the roads as it fell.
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Does the winter of 1977 ring a bell for anyone?
While the blizzard itself was terrible, Buffalonians had to survive seven months of snow and winter weather that year.
Wet, heavy snow blanketed Buffalo with 8" recorded in the 716 and over 10" in Rochester. Again... this was in MAY.
Snow fell in Buffalo from mid-October through mid-May during the winter of '77. And while not all the snowfall resulted in nationally newsworthy events, to Buffalonians, we're pretty certain by month seven, it all felt pretty dismal.
What is the longest winter you remember living through in Buffalo? We’re crossing our fingers that this one is over sooner rather than later!
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