Question about Buffalo, NY and Chicago weather..

[GuanoApes]

Of course you probably know, Buffalo, NY is known for getting terrrrible snowstorms in the wintertime..

Buffalo, NY gets an average of 68 inches of snow per year according to google.

(So, if Buffalo, NY were to get a snowstorm and have like 3 feet, 4 feet, or 5 feet of snow, that would be normal.. It happens all the time during winter in Buffalo..)

Chicago however gets an average of 37 inches of snow per year..

(The worrrrst snowstorms I’ve ever seen in the Chicagoland area, the Chicago suburbs got like 21 inches of snow in January 1999 and January 2011..)

(In the past like 4 years though, the most amount of snow thee Chicagoland area got in a single storm, was like 9 inches, I think?)

(I’ve lived my whole life in the relative Chicagoland area, fyi..)

Well anyways, as you probably already knew, Buffalo gets about twice as much snowfall than Chicago per year, and Buffalo gets wayyyy worst snowstorms than Chicago does..

(Buffalo is known for getting 7 feet of snow sometimes..)

The thing is though, Google says Buffalo gets an average of 40 inches of rain/precipitation per year, and Chicago gets an average of 37 inches of rainfall per year..

So my question is, why does Buffalo, NY get often-times more than twice as much snowfall than Chicago per year, and get wayyy worst snowstorms, but when it comes to rainfall, Chicago and Buffalo get relatively thee same amount of rainfall per year..?

 

[GuanoApes]

These sites say Buffalo gets an average of 89 inches and 92 inches of snow per year..

(Can’t always trust Google AI results..)

 

[GuanoApes]

(Numerous sites are saying Buffalo gets an average of around 40 inches of rain per year though..)

 

[GuanoApes]

Evaporation happens more in warm weather than cold weather, so you’d think the sun would evaporate more water from Lake Erie in the summertime and create a lot more rain for Buffalo during the summer..

(More than it snows in the winter..)

(But it doesn’t..)

 

[TheTickG]

Of course you probably know, Buffalo, NY is known for getting terrrrible snowstorms in the wintertime..

Buffalo, NY gets an average of 68 inches of snow per year according to google.

(So, if Buffalo, NY were to get a snowstorm and have like 3 feet, 4 feet, or 5 feet of snow, that would be normal.. It happens all the time during winter in Buffalo..)

Chicago however gets an average of 37 inches of snow per year..

(The worrrrst snowstorms I’ve ever seen in the Chicagoland area, the Chicago suburbs got like 21 inches of snow in January 1999 and January 2011..)

(In the past like 4 years though, the most amount of snow thee Chicagoland area got in a single storm, was like 9 inches, I think?)

(I’ve lived my whole life in the relative Chicagoland area, fyi..)

Well anyways, as you probably already knew, Buffalo gets about twice as much snowfall than Chicago per year, and Buffalo gets wayyyy worst snowstorms than Chicago does..

(Buffalo is known for getting 7 feet of snow sometimes..)

The thing is though, Google says Buffalo gets an average of 40 inches of rain/precipitation per year, and Chicago gets an average of 37 inches of rainfall per year..

So my question is, why does Buffalo, NY get often-times more than twice as much snowfall than Chicago per year, and get wayyy worst snowstorms, but when it comes to rainfall, Chicago and Buffalo get relatively thee same amount of rainfall per year..?

Double the lakes.

 

[Sweater of AV]

Of course you probably know, Buffalo, NY is known for getting terrrrible snowstorms in the wintertime..

Buffalo, NY gets an average of 68 inches of snow per year according to google.

(So, if Buffalo, NY were to get a snowstorm and have like 3 feet, 4 feet, or 5 feet of snow, that would be normal.. It happens all the time during winter in Buffalo..)

Chicago however gets an average of 37 inches of snow per year..

(The worrrrst snowstorms I’ve ever seen in the Chicagoland area, the Chicago suburbs got like 21 inches of snow in January 1999 and January 2011..)

(In the past like 4 years though, the most amount of snow thee Chicagoland area got in a single storm, was like 9 inches, I think?)

(I’ve lived my whole life in the relative Chicagoland area, fyi..)

Well anyways, as you probably already knew, Buffalo gets about twice as much snowfall than Chicago per year, and Buffalo gets wayyyy worst snowstorms than Chicago does..

(Buffalo is known for getting 7 feet of snow sometimes..)

The thing is though, Google says Buffalo gets an average of 40 inches of rain/precipitation per year, and Chicago gets an average of 37 inches of rainfall per year..

So my question is, why does Buffalo, NY get often-times more than twice as much snowfall than Chicago per year, and get wayyy worst snowstorms, but when it comes to rainfall, Chicago and Buffalo get relatively thee same amount of rainfall per year..?

Lake effect snow. Buffalo gets a lot of it. Chicago, not as much.

Look at their locations and which way winds typically blow.

 

[PRIDEWASBETTER]

Lake effect snow. Buffalo gets a lot of it. Chicago, not as much.

Look at their locations and which way winds typically blow.

That's exactly why I try to never live east of a great lake lol

 

[AGGAMEMNON66]

Who has more cornfields?


Crops cause humidity, it’s one of the reasons Illinois can get ridiculously humid in the summertime


I’d assume we get much more wind too (Windy City).. so storms can blow thru faster

 

[Osculater]

Ask a meteorologist

 

[Osculater]

Maybe high pressure from the north west brings rain to the area

 

[TeTe]

The Midwest in general gets a lot of rain because of the confluence of warm gulf air and low pressure systems from the west

 

[Gene Tunney]

Chicago has bigger shoulders. Probably blocks a lot of that snow. Not sure how this figures with the rain.

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

Lake effect from east to west winds

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Because Buffalo is closer to New Jersey and the Alien Drones that control the weather.

 

[Darth_Inv1ctu5]

Of course you probably know, Buffalo, NY is known for getting terrrrible snowstorms in the wintertime..

Buffalo, NY gets an average of 68 inches of snow per year according to google.

(So, if Buffalo, NY were to get a snowstorm and have like 3 feet, 4 feet, or 5 feet of snow, that would be normal.. It happens all the time during winter in Buffalo..)

Chicago however gets an average of 37 inches of snow per year..

(The worrrrst snowstorms I’ve ever seen in the Chicagoland area, the Chicago suburbs got like 21 inches of snow in January 1999 and January 2011..)

(In the past like 4 years though, the most amount of snow thee Chicagoland area got in a single storm, was like 9 inches, I think?)

(I’ve lived my whole life in the relative Chicagoland area, fyi..)

Well anyways, as you probably already knew, Buffalo gets about twice as much snowfall than Chicago per year, and Buffalo gets wayyyy worst snowstorms than Chicago does..

(Buffalo is known for getting 7 feet of snow sometimes..)

The thing is though, Google says Buffalo gets an average of 40 inches of rain/precipitation per year, and Chicago gets an average of 37 inches of rainfall per year..

So my question is, why does Buffalo, NY get often-times more than twice as much snowfall than Chicago per year, and get wayyy worst snowstorms, but when it comes to rainfall, Chicago and Buffalo get relatively thee same amount of rainfall per year..?

Because Methlehem deserves it.

 

[badascan]

Weather often flows from west to East across the Lakes

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

Why would you come to Sherdog looking for the answer to this question? I mean it is an interesting observation but I’ve never come across a Sherdogger that claimed to be a meteorologist before.