Hamburg, NY hit by 2.06 m (81.2 inches) of snow in just 4 days

A new official storm total of 2.06 m (81.2 inches) has been recorded in Hamburg, Erie County, New York from November 16 to 20, 2022.

This surpasses the total for Orchard Park, NY at 2.03 m (80.0 inches) for the most recent lake effect snow emergency, extreme meteorologist Reed Timmer reports.

“I believe this surpasses the 2014 lake effect snow event in the Buffalo Southtowns by a few inches, although the wind was a bit less,” Timmer said.

This video shows the scenes around Hamburg, NY of the heaviest snowfall that contributed to this record-breaking snow event.

More information about this extreme lake effect snow event:

Extreme lake effect snow around the Great Lakes

Storm total snowfall for the muti-day lake effect snow event that occurred from Wednesday night, November 16 to Sunday night, November 20:

Location	Amount		Time/Date
Allegany County
Rushford	11.0 in	27.9 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Angelica	9.0 in	22.9 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Belmont	8.3 in	21.1 cm	1257 AM 11/21
Alfred	6.8 in	17.3 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Wellsville 2.4 ENE	3.6 in	9.1 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Cattaraugus County
Cattaraugus 3W	29.2 in	74.2 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Little Valley	29.0 in	73.7 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Perrysburg	22.7 in	57.7 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Franklinville 0.5 NNE	20.2 in	51.3 cm	0745 AM 11/21
Ischua 0.4 SSE	19.6 in	49.8 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Randolph 1.1 ENE	17.5 in	44.5 cm	0730 AM 11/21
Allegany State Park	8.5 in	21.6 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Olean	4.4 in	11.2 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Chautauqua County
Fredonia 0.8 WNW	27.0 in	68.6 cm	0500 AM 11/21
Dunkirk 1S	24.6 in	62.5 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Fredonia 1.8 WNW	22.0 in	55.9 cm	0600 AM 11/21
Gerry 0.8 N	21.8 in	55.4 cm	0730 AM 11/21
Dewittville 1.0 SSE	21.5 in	54.6 cm	0600 AM 11/21
Mayville 0.2 ESE	19.1 in	48.5 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Kennedy 2.6 SE	17.7 in	45.0 cm	0800 AM 11/21
Falconer 0.3 WSW	14.0 in	35.6 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Kennedy 0.3 NE	11.5 in	29.2 cm	0600 AM 11/21
Erie County
5 W Hamburg	81.2 in	206.2 cm	0700 AM 11/21
1 NE Orchard Park	80.0 in	203.2 cm	0647 AM 11/20
Hamburg 1.9 NNW	77.3 in	196.3 cm	0900 AM 11/21
3 SSW Blasdell	76.0 in	193.0 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Elma Center 0.7 SE	67.0 in	170.2 cm	0900 AM 11/21
Elma 2.7 WSW	61.7 in	156.7 cm	0700 AM 11/21
East Aurora 0.1 ENE	51.3 in	130.3 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Boston 2.5 NE	51.0 in	129.5 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Angola	47.7 in	121.2 cm	0800 AM 11/21
Wales	46.6 in	118.4 cm	0700 AM 11/21
West Seneca 2.5 SE	46.6 in	118.4 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Eden 1.4 SSE	46.2 in	117.3 cm	0700 AM 11/21
East Aurora 2.7 SSE	45.1 in	114.6 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Colden 1.4 NNW	44.9 in	114.0 cm	0730 AM 11/21
Colden 1W	44.9 in	114.0 cm	0730 AM 11/21
1 NW Alden	40.5 in	102.9 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Holland	39.0 in	99.1 cm	0800 PM 11/20
N Buffalo Airport	36.6 in	93.0 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Glenwood 1.5 SE	35.6 in	90.4 cm	0705 AM 11/21
Williamsville 3.8 E	30.5 in	77.5 cm	0700 AM 11/21
3 ESE East Concord	28.5 in	72.4 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Clarence Center 0.2 ESE	22.9 in	58.2 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Akron 2.4 S	22.0 in	55.9 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Snyder 0.6 SW	21.8 in	55.4 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Clarence Center 0.9 N	21.5 in	54.6 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Amherst 5.4 NNE	19.1 in	48.5 cm	0800 AM 11/21
Kenmore 0.3 ESE	13.9 in	35.3 cm	0630 AM 11/21
East Amherst 1.2 WNW	13.3 in	33.8 cm	0800 AM 11/21
Tonawanda 1.6 E	12.3 in	31.2 cm	0900 AM 11/21
Genesee County
Batavia 3.4 WSW	25.3 in	64.3 cm	0800 AM 11/21
Pavilion 2	17.6 in	44.7 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Le Roy 1E	13.4 in	34.0 cm	0800 AM 11/21
Stafford 1.8 NE	13.2 in	33.5 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Jefferson County
West Carthage 0.3 ENE	49.0 in	124.5 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Watertown	36.0 in	91.4 cm	0800 AM 11/21
Lewis County
Highmarket 2W	17.8 in	45.2 cm	0530 AM 11/21
Constableville 1.2 NW	17.1 in	43.4 cm	0500 AM 11/21
Chases Lake	3.3 in	8.4 cm	0600 AM 11/21
Glenfield 4.1 NNE	2.3 in	5.8 cm	0800 AM 11/21
Livingston County
Avon	7.7 in	19.6 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Dansville	1.0 in	2.5 cm	0800 AM 11/21
Monroe County
Hamlin 0.6 NNE	3.3 in	8.4 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Scottsville 0.4 NW	2.7 in	6.9 cm	0800 AM 11/21
Brockport	2.3 in	5.8 cm	0900 AM 11/21
Honeoye Falls 1.7 NE	2.2 in	5.6 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Fairport 0.9 W	0.8 in	2.0 cm	0645 AM 11/21
Penfield 1.8 ENE	0.8 in	2.0 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Webster 2NE	0.8 in	2.0 cm	0700 AM 11/21
East Rochester 0.1 NNW	T in	T cm	0700 AM 11/21
Niagara County
North Tonawanda	19.5 in	49.5 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Lockport 0.8 NE	18.7 in	47.5 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Pendleton 1NE	16.6 in	42.2 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Lockport 2.5 ESE	14.8 in	37.6 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Niagara Falls	14.5 in	36.8 cm	0800 PM 11/20
Lockport 0.9 E	14.3 in	36.3 cm	0530 AM 11/21
Sanborn 4NE	14.0 in	35.6 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Rapids 1.0 SW	14.0 in	35.6 cm	0800 AM 11/21
Lockport	13.0 in	33.0 cm	0700 PM 11/20
Niagara Falls 5.7 E	12.5 in	31.8 cm	0727 AM 11/21
Niagara Falls 0.7 WNW	12.0 in	30.5 cm	1159 PM 11/20
Newfane 1W	7.6 in	19.3 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Ontario County
Bristol Harbour	2.6 in	6.6 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Geneva	0.8 in	2.0 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Orleans County
Medina	5.1 in	13.0 cm	0800 AM 11/21
Medina 0.4 WNW	5.1 in	13.0 cm	0800 AM 11/21
Albion	4.1 in	10.4 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Lakeside	2.1 in	5.3 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Oswego County
Mexico 2SW	27.3 in	69.3 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Phoenix 7.0 NNE	22.3 in	56.6 cm	0500 AM 11/21
2 W Cleveland	18.8 in	47.8 cm	0945 PM 11/20
Minetto 0.1 SE	18.7 in	47.5 cm	0745 AM 11/21
Fulton 0.2 W	17.0 in	43.2 cm	0800 AM 11/21
Oswego	13.2 in	33.5 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Lacona 3.6 SSE	12.5 in	31.8 cm	0600 AM 11/21
Wayne County
Macedon 2.6 ESE	0.9 in	2.3 cm	0727 AM 11/21
Palmyra 1.6 NW	0.4 in	1.0 cm	0805 AM 11/21
Wyoming County
Warsaw 4W	48.6 in	123.4 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Attica 7SW	39.3 in	99.8 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Wyoming 3W	35.6 in	90.4 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Warsaw 6SW	23.5 in	59.7 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Silver Springs 3N	12.7 in	32.3 cm	0700 AM 11/21
Arcade 0.8 WNW	9.8 in	24.9 cm	0700 AM 11/21

Lake effect snow is created when cold, dry air passes over a large warmer lake, such as one of the Great Lakes, and picks up moisture and heat.

Featured image credit: Reed Timmer (stillshot)