NOVEMBER 2022 BUFFALO SNOWSTORM TIME-LAPSE!

Historic Buffalo lake effect snowstorm dumped over 80" of snow in 2 days across the Buffalo Southtowns.
#weather #snowstorm #newyork #buffalo #buffalobills #lakeerie #lakeeffect #lakeeffectsnow

[@toma5153]

This lake effect dump happened a few times to me when I lived south of Buffalo in the '60's. It's fun to have school closed. Our family didn't have a snowblower, but our dad did call my brother and me his "human snowblowers"! We had a long driveway AND it was expected of us to do some clearing for our elderly neighbors. Good times.

[@KingKongStrong]

Sure guy

[@LeftCoastStephen]

A little older than you and we never had a snowblower either. When my parents built a new house in the early 70s he called me and my friends his Bobcats as the 4 of us could move dump truck of sand or gravel and spread it in the basement in about 45 minutes. Amazing the power of 17year olds competing against each other! Our drive was 1/4 mile long so we had a tractor! Steps and walks had to be done before anyone (dad) walked on them and as the drive was steep, it had to be done before Amoy left for school or work.

[@cybertech6625]

Your Dad sounds a lot like mine. I was the snow blower, lawn mower, car detailer, garage cleaner, pool boy, and garbage man. I also ran security for my older and younger sisters. My father's insistence that I not sit on my ass all day and put in work to help the family has made me appreciate all that I have in life because I worked hard for it.

[@kenklein9228]

In what town did you live?

[@SquinkyEXE]

@@KingKongStrong lol why so passive aggressive?

[@rpfcreates4476]

Every year we deal with this in upstate NY. You really experience all four seasons here HARD.

[@ImaOkie]

Excellent.. I love those types of storms , watching the snowfall thru the street lights , a fireplace , a good bowl of soup and my lady next to me sharing a blanket ! Doesn't get any better !!! Take the snow shoes out and walk the dog , it's all good !!

[@BuffaloWeather1]

Exactly! A nice fire, some hot coffee, and a good movie!

[@regenawilliams9629]

I grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin where I was born. At that time, I will never forget the lake effect blizzard that covered our back door, the thunder, blowing snow and purple lightening!!!! It was ss incredible!

[@BuffaloWeather1]

There is nothing quite like a lake effect blizzard! Thundersnow is my favorite weather event!

[@routeman680]

Fascinating. In UK when we get one inch of snow transport comes to a halt. I was on assignment in Denver years ago and was impressed at how well and how early roads were cleared after ovwrnight snow.

[@johnedwards1685]

A few years back I went to Detroit at Christmas from Heathrow. Bad weather was forecast so we went down the day before and stayed in a hotel by the airport. Just as well, when we got up the following day the M4 was shut, the airport was a mess with people milling about and everything was showing as delayed. Travel to the airport was so bad a lot of staff and crew just hadn’t made it in. There was a tunnel from the hotel into departures so while my girlfriend had breakfast I went in to find out any news about our flight. While I was there the tannoy unexpectedly called our flight, so I ran back and got our stuff and we ran for it. They’d basically kidnapped any KLM crew that managed to make the airport and pushed them on the plane. The aircrew absolutely loved it! They were taking selfies and having a great time, unexpected international flight! There was a load of de-icing and what seemed like two laps of the airport before we got away. If I remember rightly there was 6 inches of snow. We got to Detroit and they’d had exactly the same amount of snow. The difference was the whole area was operating normally, no disruption, freeways open and running (with COLOSSAL amounts of really chunky salt) and just an everyday “oh its a bit snowy” feel to it all.

[@routeman680]

@@johnedwards1685 Yep. We are never prepared.

[@susanbrown2909]

Different story in the 60s ..but due to climate ,we don’t often see much snow now adays..

[@LK-pc4sq]

Man-made or better known as anthropogenic climate change, is increasing the extreme climactic events on planet Earth. A city or a region can experience record snow simply because if it wasn't snow it would be record flooding. If this was Australia you would probably see 20 to 30 ft of snow in one snow dump. Australia is seeing some of the largest and most frequent flooding events in its history. I looked at the history of Australian floods at Wikipedia. Looking back 120 years, I would study the yearly frequency of floods and how many years were floods did not exist between the next flood cycle. Early 1900s it was one flood every four or five years it started to accelerate a little bit in the 80s and 90s and then starting in the late 1990s all the way through the 2000s the floods were increasing exponentially by one extra flood per year. It looks like a hockey stick if you're a draw a graph and the total flood events. This year alone the country has seen four record flooding events. It's really getting really scary for the country it's not just Australia it's all countries that line the edge of the Indian Ocean. Climate change is causing record flooding events. Is causing record heat waves it's causing record drought all at the same time. Humans are 100% responsible for these extreme events. Carbon dioxide and methane are the leading causes of climate change. Humans burn coal oil and natural gas and release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. 54 billion tons of carbon dioxide are released by billions of humans every year. CO2 can stay in the atmosphere for up to 300 years before it's finally reabsorbed by plant life in the ocean or on land. The Middle East can see temperatures as high as 140° out in the sun. Slightly less in the shade.

[@artmosley3337]

@@LK-pc4sq Wow!!! Please reduce your carbon footprint to zero… do the right thing.. btw.. you have been lied to..

[@beverlydiltz2604]

My son lived in upstate New York, and lake effects have been there along time. You have to be strong people to endure such weather. And they do.

[@ksm1985]

Global warming at work

[@BuffaloWeather1]

Yeah we certainly are hearty! Our Lake effect season off Erie runs from November-January, sometimes Feb if the lake hasn't frozen yet.

[@dyrectory_com]

Thanks for the time lapse. Stay warm and safe! 🎄 ☃

[@BuffaloWeather1]

Thank You! Have a good holiday!

[@kenklein9228]

I lived just outside Buffalo (Tonawanda) as a kid until 1972 when my family moved to Tampa, FL. That was one of the best things that happened to me.

[@toddanthonyy]

Same here when I moved from Ohio to Las Vegas. 🌴 😎

[@KenBober]

No shit! I grew up in Tampa but now I live in New England. Off of Dale Mabry. I remember one winter in mid to late 80s I was with my grandfather in his 84 mustang and it started to snow. We pulled into checkers and he lit up a cigarette and said now watch this. Maybe a dusting on the roads but accidents everywhere. I think it was less than a 1/8 inch.

[@MomMom4Cubs]

Missed the Blizzard of '77 and the Ice Storm of '91. Good for you; they sucked!

[@KlingonCaptain]

I miss the snow so much... It's going on sixteen years since I moved to Southern Georgia.

[@BuffaloWeather1]

Come up here for some, we have it all winter!

[@petek6522]

That is awesome ... that 10 hr snow is what Watertown Ct had all of 2021

[@loriantunes7074]

Thats neat !!!! Loved watching the 2 cars in lower right corner simply disappear under the snow !!! Thanks for sharing !

[@BuffaloWeather1]

Thanks for watching!

[@kevinlesperance1091]

As a Canadian with a snowmobile… looks like a dream 😍

[@50dbo]

Maybe, might be running into things tho that could do harm, don’t cha know

[@vanana2]

Just another day in Canada

[@BuffaloWeather1]

I need to get me one of those!

[@hurarrei]

Live in Austria, about 650 meters above sea level. (0.404 miles) 20 years ago this was normal for us in winter. Now we only have a maximum of 15-20cm of snow for 3 weeks in January or February. 😔 I miss this time...

[@bengagnon2894]

Sadly, you probably will get less and less overall snow. But the climate is so fucked up now that you might actually get, at some point, out of nowhere, a snowstorm of this magnitude in june. In between a drought and a heat wave. Who knows?

[@hurarrei]

@@bengagnon2894 Yes, you're right! 😨 I'm a farmer and I'm already struggling with the hay harvest in the summer. Either it's so dry that the grass doesn't grow very well, or it's so rainy that I can't mow the meadow to harvest hay. It's becoming a gamble now.

[@BuffaloWeather1]

It's all melted now but winter looks to pick up again soon. Hopefully you guys get a good winter !

[@hurarrei]

@@BuffaloWeather1 Thanks man!💪💪

[@SeaMonkey137]

Hope everyone stays warm and safe, especially the elderly.

[@emo516]

These types of blizzards were common in Maine. I still remember our ice storm of 98' too. Mainers were typically seen driving 4WD and we knew to be stocked up with batteries, alternative heat (woodstoves) or a generator. I lived off grid for two years through two separate winters, and was pregnant for nine months of the second yr. These kinds of extreme weather conditions were just another day to us growing up. Now one inch of snow and the whole state shuts down. Crazy.

[@craigmarshall3386]

My 1st year of college in Rochester there was a blizzard in which it snowed for 3days straight. We had to jump out the 2nd floor of the dorm to get out.

[@LK-pc4sq]

Yeah isn't that funny

[@LK-pc4sq]

I want to explain to you that climate change which is caused by humans burning coil and natural gas and releasing tens of billions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year is overheating planet Earth. The effects are increased intense snow storms and they might be slightly warmer than past decades. Increased and more dangerous droughts that last longer. Right now there's a record drought and the desert Southwest including the Mississippi River and the Colorado River. A whole long list of rivers in southern Europe including Asia are critically low

[@BuffaloWeather1]

Rochester can get some big storms too!

[@SteveGia80]

Watching this makes me appreciate living in the south. I’ll take the heat over this any day.

[@adventurecoalition3690]

Thx for sharing 👍

[@simonfea2]

I've lived in dry snowless Northern California my whole life but went to Penn State for 3 years - the 4 seasons and winters were great.

[@jjintheflesh]

The best part is the person to the left that cleaned his driveway twice, showing how much snow.

[@robbrien8506]

Yes, they're trying to get ahead of it, or at least lessen the amount they have to clear when the snow dump finally finishes. I do this all the time, especially when an all day and/or night snow dump is forecast. Even if it's inconvenient, biting away smaller chunks is easier than handling a huge amount at the end, especially when you don't have a snowblower and you have to shovel. As a kids in Eastern Ontario in the 80s, we once had so many continuous days of heavy snowfall that many people were jumping off the roofs for "fun".

[@michaelr.1542]

That’s the first thing I noticed and would be doing the exact same thing!

[@assmaster420]

I love how that tree in the back just keeps shaking off the snow.

[@BuffaloWeather1]

That tree has seen some insane storms and held up strong! Unfortunately some in the neighborhood lost a few.

[@kimshilling2616]

I live in NC, so needless to say I have never seen anything even close to this much snow. I could live my life 50 times over and still not even come close. I love the snow and would love to see a big snow here but who am I kidding, it ain’t t ever gonna happen, therefore, here I am, living vicariously through all the videos posted from this storm, so thanks and build a snowman for me, please ☃️❄️

[@brycegman8150]

yolo. might as well come see it yourself sweetheart. its a real treat. at least the first big storm of the year. afterwards its a bit of a drag haha

[@smallgiant1527]

sorry to hear you're from NC

[@SeaMonkey137]

I'm from NC too but lived in PA and Chicago for many years. Still never saw the likes of this. I think once I had to shovel a drive a few times, and again after the plows come through, the "fluffenfallen" lost a bit of its romance, unfortunately.

[@really_dont_know1681]

From Buffalo but have been stationed in NC and living here for 3 1/2 years went home on leave just in time to catch this storm and get my flight back to base cancelled which gave me 3 extra vacation days. And yes snowmen we’re built.

[@jamesnm21]

Take a ski trip. You only live once. Make it count.

[@jeffclark6202]

Holy Cow, that's incredible. Lots of work.

[@MultiEski]

And that is proper winter and beautiful snow :)

[@OzrikKnob]

In Vermont I shovel during the storms. Every few hours at least. I'm always puzzled when people don't stay ahead of the snow and just wait until it's 4' deep and a monstrous task to remove. Wind can be a complicate the effort, for sure. But barring drifts staying ahead of the snowfall is easy.

[@nicksttrs]

Yeah try to shovel every 2 to 3 hours until it's over. That would be my plan, but I understand some people can't do that.

[@jamesnm21]

Most people are likely at work and can't.

[@BuffaloWeather1]

Vermont gets a ton of snow each winter, especially in the mountains!

[@zoebiboei216]

Wow....... Looks so beautiful! Stay cozzie n warm n safe

[@MrHunterD]

Dude it looks like a pain in the ass not beautiful

[@zoebiboei216]

@@MrHunterDmayb dude, guess it doesn't happen all the time! But Yea digging yrself out woodnt be fun!

[@MrHunterD]

@@zoebiboei216 Snow like this would take hourrrs to clear. You would probably get frostbite and freeze your ass off

[@zoebiboei216]

@@MrHunterD did u delete comment or is it u tube strikes again?

[@BuffaloWeather1]

thanks you too!

[@FrankGreenway]

If I’m ever in a situation like that I’ll just stay home until spring

[@MomMom4Cubs]

Many do!

[@vanpenguin22]

🎶 Take off To the Great White North Take off, It's a beauty way to go, Take off, To the Great White North, Take off, Koo rookoo, koo rookoo 🎶

[@8731Cordova]

Awesome video 💯🗽🥶

[@elizabethhoehne1800]

Beautiful ❣️ stay safe &warm send some snow to St.louis Missouri..this snow bunny wants build ⛄️ snowman.

[@Godwinpounds4333]

Hello 👋 how are you doing?

[@Atarix777]

Wow, this was impressive. Happend over here in Italy where I live the last time like 15 years ago, I wasn't able to find my care anymore for about 2 days ^^

[@TheHereticWalter]

In Italia dove scusa? Nevicate così credo non esistano neanche a Livigno.

[@Atarix777]

@@TheHereticWalter - Nel Valdarno, vicino a Firenze. Non mi ricordo precisamente quando, ma saranno passati tra 12-15 anni. Di solito, qui dove mi trovo abbiamo quasi mai la neve, semmai qualche fioccho (la maggioranza della gente non utilizza nemmeno le gomme invernali). Ma quella nevicata era fantastica, 3 giorni completamente fermi, senza lavorare, scuole chiuse, proprio come ci fosse nei Alpi. Non era proprio cosi tanto come a Buffalo, ma le macchine erano sparite e per uscire metevamo i boot da snowboard... :)

[@BuffaloWeather1]

Wow! I've heard Italy gets some big storms!

[@Atarix777]

@@BuffaloWeather1 - I would say the weather changed in the last years a lot overe here in europe... When it rains, its rains to much, when its dry, its dry to much... somehow you can sadly see that everything got out of balance...

[@fastfiddler1625]

I've lived in Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and Grand Forks for my northern adventures. I've experienced cold. But I've never experienced snow like this!

[@yanni2112]

Had a girlfriend in Milwaukee while stationed in Great Lakes Ill. Love that city! I remember going to a "spy bar" where you had to say the secret password to get in, or you had to do something silly to get in which was videoed and the TV over the bar broadcast it!

[@BuffaloWeather1]

Its unique to lake effect regions off Ontario and Erie. Not many places can get this much snow so quickly outside the mountaintops.

[@joerepoman1]

😎 looks fun from Florida

[@lancelotdufrane]

Great footage. Living in Buffalo breeds a strength of character, I do not possess. Best to you. Cheers.

[@MareShoop]

Watching from my sofa in sunny Arizona 😂

[@JenIGottaSay]

I'm from Canada and I remember when I was a kid we had just below 4 feet of snow and it was the best! Now as an adult it just makes me feel claustrophobic.

[@matthewberger6583]

Watching this from the backwards of Georgia makes me love my state even more

[@peteby485]

So beautiful but stay warm and safe

[@kathymadrid08]

Oh how I love seeing this. I live in El Paso TX the “snow” we get lasts only a day, two if we’re lucky. Last time we actual got good snow was back in the 80s (from what I’ve heard). I’ll never see snow like this here & one day I wish to live in an area where it snows & rains a lot. Tired of the damn sun.

[@thart1451]

I live in lancaster ny. It's a suburb Of buffalo and where the snow band usually sits. I've been here since 82. This weather will let you know what kind of a person you are.

[@Koval_71_chuk]

What time frame was this? Were the people getting out at 2am plowing the driveways before it becomes overwhelming?

[@diablabokchoi]

😳❗️👀 🍁🇨🇦 Toronto here....Geeeeze ❄️ ⛄️

[@louieblouie8036]

Growing up in Buffalo common sense says you go out every few hours or so (depending on how heavy the snow is falling) to shovel - you don't wait until the storm is done.

[@WORDversesWORLD]

I retired from trucking this year and everyone asked why I was leaving, this right here is my answer, no more!

[@Thatguyoverthere907]

lol 100% for a fact you have never driven trucks in snow like this. its the first time it even happened. lol signed, an ex truck driver

[@fullarmorpreparedness5606]

Good for you don't blame ya.

[@WORDversesWORLD]

@@Thatguyoverthere907 No body can drive in that that is for sure. But it doesn’t have to be 6ft for me, it could be a half an inch, I’m done!

[@cynthiablandford6213]

That is incredible!!!!🥶🥶😱😱😱

[@SaraInManhattan]

I love a good blizzard! ❄️ ⛄️

[@BuffaloWeather1]

Me too!

[@sburris65]

It is pretty to look at. But that's why I live in SC where we complain it's cold at 50 degrees!

[@peggylarue7824]

My dad was from the Jamestown NY area, south of Buffalo. Daddy said the best thing Franklin Roosevelt did as president was draft my dad’s ass out of that snowbank in 1942. My mom was from Oklahoma, we settled there after Daddy’s USN retirement.

[@appleztooranges]

Man you guys are lucky. I have two Honda snowblowers dying to play in it

[@kentwooley7810]

This is exactly why I'm glad I live in Texas. While I have to endur Satan's weather from June to September, I've never had to shovel heat off of my driveway (or my roof, for that matter). God bless all of y'all, I imagine you'll be looking at what's left of this storm next June...

[@afridgetoofar1818]

Texas, at least most of it, has to deal with tornadoes year round 🌪

[@FranBushardt]

No thanks to that Summertime Heat🤮🤮🤮

[@StacyDyer]

This is inaccurate. Summer in Texas is actually from March - October. And we only have 2 weeks of anything resembling winter-ish-ness that will happen in early February. I might have to bring my plants 🪴 inside for a few days. 🤣🤣 Stay warm and safe up there, you crazy snow people 😅

[@vincepurpura8905]

Weather is supposed to warm up to the mid 40s by Wednesday. By Friday it'll be gone. The streams and creeks aren't frozen and will take it all away.

[@perc3136]

@@afridgetoofar1818 no we dont

[@FullNelson007]

So awesome hope all is okay

[@marcielong6978]

Pretty cool to see

[@mexton]

Wow!Santa Claus is going to be really happy this year.

[@le_th_]

Just watching all the neighbors with their snowblowers. wow

[@Ultra-LV]

Im a Buffaloian and Im used to this weather. To others this may seem a lot of snow. But this is nothing. Unlike the blizzard of 77 was the worst storm in history. In which the snow covered entire houses and schools. More like 25 feet of snow.

[@markd9580]

The guy on the left out doing his driveway had the right idea

[@marklambert8111]

So sick

[@Texansfan77]

all of this snow is breaking records..

[@LK-pc4sq]

Yeah a warming Planet will also in cause increased substantial snowfall. The Great Lakes were three degrees warmer than normal. In the scientific atmospheric community the general consensus is that for everyone degree increase of sea surface temperatures will evaporate 7% more moisture into the atmosphere. The Great Lakes were three degrees warmer so this means there was a 21% increase in the amount of water vapor being pushed into the atmosphere. Because the winds were parallel to the length of the axis of the lake this person received probably a good 80% more snow than normal.

[@joshhooker7390]

I mean...DAMN! You can tell how cold it is by the fact the snow filters right through the trees.

[@TD_JR]

Really not that cold - just barely below 32F.

[@williamcunningham1586]

Looks kinda chilly:)

[@_AndromedaGalaxy_]

Dont think it ever snows like that here in Gillette but if it did, im ready with my tractor and 1000 sportsman.

[@jeffreyadams207]

I have lived in northeast by Utica originally now west Schuyler, when I was growing up it seems like we had many storms during winter, Buffalo natives are resilient! Use to this I tgink

[@millicentmarano5001]

Thoughts and prayers for buffalo❤

[@LeGaulois_5]

Woow cool

[@George-vf9dt]

Yes sir my home town for65 yrs.....

[@lucifore666]

I want this in California so bad, if not I rather move there wherever this is at.

[@JD4-70]

Me from the UK thinking the snow storm already hit before the video began playing… 🤣 damn….

[@georgeanthony8999]

This is why we say "im from buffalo, this aint shit for snow" when we go other places....

[@hoobiebooh3473]

wow!!!

[@Tuppoo94]

In Finland we call this phenomenon "Tuesday".

[@idcraw]

Happy to see the light s stayed on

[@paulsccna2964]

The car on the left. Start of video, we can see the tires, at 0:39 the snow blower reviews the tires again, by end of video, car on the left is buried, completely!

[@grandinfinite5921]

We're in the 40s in deep South Texas and its shut down...

[@Thatguyoverthere907]

aint shit shut down. im in south texas. you tellin stories lol hell its been 29 all week at night. not a single thing is closed >.>

[@craigc1879]

@@Thatguyoverthere907 😂

[@burtcooper612]

@@Thatguyoverthere907 his brain is shut down...probably a snowbird

[@Clint2028CODE2]

Meanwhile in England: "time lapse of non frozen snow storm"

[@hubaibhabib7060]

WoW 😳

[@anncata7368]

When I lived in Chicago Lake Michigan did the same thing

[@mariontasker679]

Wow the tree trunk got smaller and smaller hope we get snow like that this year 🇬🇧❄️☃️

[@BuffaloWeather1]

Me too!

[@bugattieb110ss]

Nice and sunny here today in Southern England...not a flake of snow to be seen!

[@paulcondie2520]

That's crazy

[@novastorm980]

Now that's some thimbulwinter shit right there

[@marlencitaflores]

omg!

[@temoharri8848]

We never see snow of this magnitude in the South. 😢

[@GT-fi4sk]

w Watching the cars disappear was crazy

[@TannerT0023]

Me living in VA I wish that was us 😂

[@crybabiescryrigged]

Snow is awesome! This looks amazing. Salty people stay salty.

[@lisanidog8178]

The blizzard of ‘78 was awful too in my state.

[@lockhartstewart9179]

I like my Mississippi snow. Here today, gone tomorrow. Stay safe and warm ya'll.

[@burtcooper612]

same in Texas...let it snow, let it melt

[@MrRmacattack1]

I never heard a mention about this in the U.K. Found out from youtube tonight.

[@RiverBottomBoys.]

We got a few inches in Wisconsin and it's gone already😭

[@davidmann2988]

Wow

[@aloysiusjones3985]

I could not for a fraction of a millisecond imagine living in that. Melbourne Australia might be incredibly wet like the rest of AUS but fair dinkum you can have that tish. Take care. 🇦🇺👍🍺🍺🍺

[@ernestdesimone2234]

I hope the roofs are built to hold that much snow weight!

[@LK-pc4sq]

Many years ago there was a city in Idaho and they received 8 ft of snow it literally crushed the roofs in half the city

[@nevr4got10]

I get cold just looking at it. I hope we skip snow this winter.

[@Kirious]

I love the futile attempts of the neighbors trying to uncover their cars and eventually giving up

[@AzEagletarian]

Survivor of the Blizzard of '66 in upstate NY here. I'd rather not have to visit except in the summer now. 🙃

[@hummerklein4902]

🙏

[@caleb-hess]

when the lamp comes on, you realize that this is all during one day

[@Hollowsmith]

I have NO IDEA why anyone would ever live in Buffalo. They seem to get more life-stopping blizzards than anywhere in the country, on top of endless drear half the year, a grimey downtown with old filth-stained buildings, no mountains, 6 or 7 hours to the ocean, etc etc. Those born in Buffalo who stay there are a case of Stockholm Syndrome at its best.

[@Eztliz]

Props to the rear view mirror that held on until the bitter end

[@donk026]

We only got 8" in the Town of Tonawanda and I'm okay with that. Stay warm folks