(AP Photo/Mike Groll, File) Another, more recent lake-effect snowstorm of epic proportions dumped nearly 7 feet of snow across parts of New York in November 2022. Orchard Park received the highest ...

In early December, towns in the United States along the five Great Lakes were buried in snow. Parts of upstate New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan saw nearly 1.2 metres of lake-effect snow.

Steady lake effect snow was falling in Orchard Park and the Buffalo South Towns on Nov. 30, 2024.

When towns along the Great Lakes in the United States get buried in drifts of blowing snow, weather experts start talking about the “lake effect”. Lake-effect snow often occurs in relatively ...