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you will want to see about which city is winning the Great New York State Total
Snowfall Contest. In other words, the city with the worst weather.
Congrats to Syracuse the Big Winner again this year. Let this
Winters Battle begin 
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SYRACUSE WON AGAIN!!!
Congrats to Syracuse for having the crappiest
weather again last winter.
A $100.00 check was awarded to a city of Syracuse School to go towards a
children's winter
coat & glove drive for the upcoming winter season.
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Which New York city will be the winner of the best winter weather??? Ummm, or is that which city will be the winner of the worst winter weather??? Will it be Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester or Binghamton? Either way, like the great Mayor of Syracuse Matt Driscoll says, Lets have some fun with the Golden Snowball Award!
NEW 3/31 GoldenSnowball.com has decided to give the winning city a $100.00 cash prize. We would like the money to be given to a needy school district perhaps to buy gloves, hats or coats for children in need of these items in the winter months. We know it's not a whole lot, but hopefully it will help a little. We will post more details as to how it turns out after we make some contacts. We also challenge and businesses or individuals to do the same. If interested, you can contact us at comments@goldensnowball.com and we will get back with you.
NEW - Do you have a local website in one of the cities listed here? Drop us an email at comments@goldensnowball.com with the link and we will check it out to see if we can add it to GoldenSnowball.com .
Here's a good local fundraising site to get your printer ink cartridges and printer supplies from. It's for the East Syracuse Minoa Girls Softball team. Printer supplies are one of the best deals online. The quality is great. Give them a shot, you'll like it. They have all of the top online ink stores on their site and for most printers your gonna save a bundle compared to the stores. Go to www.esmink.com and check it out. It's for a good cause.
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5/4 - I'm not quite sure whether we would rather have snow or
all the rain we have been getting lately. Sunshine is just around the
corner so hang in there. Just think, about our year in CNY.
Beginning in January - March a few months of snow, April - May a couple of
months of rain, June - September a few months of sun and thunderstorms, October
- December more snow. Who would want to live here in the state of NY.
Those of us who know how Special and Great New York is. I better go shut
the windows now, it's raining again (still).
5/1 - It's a Wrap!!! Congrats goes out to Syracuse for
winning this years Golden Snowball award. One again they prevail in having
the most snowfall for the season. Unfortunately, the overall snowfall
record wasn't broken. Buffalo still holds the title of big city total snow
in a season at 199 inches in 1977. Some of us really thought the 200 inch
mark would be toppled this season. I have to say that I am a little
disappointed that it wasn't broken but I am also ready for this nice weather to
stick around. A super huge thumbs up for Rochester who had a respectable
total of 125.6 inches. As for Albany with 65.1 inches
I suppose you can just consider yourselves
lucky this year. I would still like to know why our elected officials
couldn't pass a budget on time again this year, they sure can't say they were to
busy shoveling.
We're hoping to meet up with the city officials in the very near future to give them the winning check for $100.00 and to perhaps get some pictures of some of the city officials with the trophy. Stay tuned for an update on that. Hey, enjoy the nice weather all!!!
4/16 - The contest is puttering out quickly now! I'm
even starting to cave in now and have doubts about hitting any kind of record
for total snowfall for the Syracuse area. I know how disappointed you all
must be. Yea right, like you haven't been out golfing, fishing, strolling
and so on. Maybe a freak storm will revive things but I won't hold my
breath. Sorry about the lack of updates but I have been doing the same as
the rest of you. Golfing, biking and just enjoying the nice weather that
has finally arrived. 70's are in the forecast for the next couple of days
with maybe an 80 degree day.
Enjoy it before we get that freak snowstorm to push us over the record.
Hey, I didn't say I caved in completely and
gave up yet.
On a sports note. A SUPER big Congratulations goes out to the East Syracuse Minoa girls varsity softball team. They headed south to Myrtle Beach for a softball tournament spring break and walked away undefeated with the Championship Trophy. Way to go girls!!!
4/5 -
THE CONTEST LIVES!!!
I know you all didn't think things were over yet did ya's? Remember we
live in NY and spring doesn't start till about August, just before fall begins.
Wow Rochester!!! Over 4 inches of new snow. I bet that made your weekend.
Pretty much everyone grabbed a little bit of new snow except for Albany over the
weekend. Right now, Syracuse is only a little over 20 inches to break all
the records for a single season and only 12.7 inches for its all time record.
I know everyone is counting on it and could care less about the 50 degree temps.
Right now I think the average temperature should be around 51 degrees.
With the wind chill right now it is about 9 degrees outside
Hey, Enjoy your week all!
3/31 - Sorry about the lack of updates but I am just finally
getting over the SU lost to Alabama 
Unfortunately
there really isn't anything to update in the snowfall totals, or is that
fortunately
I would of liked to see the
200 inch mark reached this year but it is looking pretty slim now. Most
likely we will see a few flurry's for the rest of the 2003 - 2004 season but I
don't see 23 inches in the near future.
On the bright side, I was able to get out and watch a
softball and baseball scrimmage already and the real high school season starts
in 2 days weather permitting. Watch out this year for the ESM Girls
softball team and the Boys JV team. They both look pretty good this year.
Hmmm, should I change this into a sports section for the off season
Enjoy the rest of the week all!
3/25 - I received an email from Dan letting me know some of
my dates were wrong on the daily entries. I had 2/23, 2/22 and 2/21
instead of 3/23 and so on. Thanks Dan for pointing that out to me. I also
received an email telling me to stop trying to prolong winter by setting the
dates back to Feb to break the record
It really was just a mistake by putting Feb
instead of March, really
A little bit of snow since the last update
but nothing to really brag about. Yesterday was an awesome day in
Syracuse. Sunny and 69 degrees. Today is cloudy and I think rain is
in the forecast instead of snow. Could this be it for the record?
Is the end near , Nah!!! Just remember we
have had snow on Mothers Day before.
The day has come after a Longgggg wait for the SU Orangemen
to defend the title again. I thought it would never get here. Come on SU,
you can do it, you can do it baby. Defense is still going to be the key
tonight to a victory. Alabama is fast so we have to get back on defense
fast. If we do that everything else will fall into place. Jimmy, give me a
call if ya need some tips Good Luck
S.U.!!!
3/23 - A tenth of an inch here and there and that's about it.
A heat wave is in the forecast with a possibility of it hitting 60 degrees on
Thursday. Of course that's a little to far to plan ahead but I have to
admit I am looking forward to some nice warm weather. Time to spruce up my
golf clubs and get ready for my favorite outdoor game. Nice shiny clubs,
shoes, spiffy looking pants and shirts. I figure I can't golf worth a crap
so I might as well at least look good out there
Here's to some nice weather
3/22 - All the cities but Albany received a touch of winter
yesterday with Syracuse grabbing almost an inch and a half. Less that 2
feet of snow to go to reach the 200 mark. It's beginning to look slim
however with 50 degree weather in the forecast towards the end of the week. I
bet everyone just hates to here that
Don't forget though, this is
still New York and things can change in a blink of the eye. Have a Super
week All!!!
3/21 - The goldensnowball.com site got it's first newspaper
plug yesterday in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle yesterday. A big
thanks to Jim Memmott for taking the time to contact me and giving a mention in
his article about Spring
As for snow, nothing to
report in snowfall amts other than .1 inches for Syracuse. Snow is coming
down as I type though so look for some new updated snowfall totals come
tomorrow. Well we all couldn't wait for Spring to get here. It's
here, now what. Well I'll tell ya what. Get out the shovels
is what.
We live in NY! What is Spring??? Actually spring weather is right
around the corner. Just a few days and we should be hitting the 50's
The kids are ready for the Baseball and
Softball season to begin and it won't be too long. Really!
OK, now to College Hoops. The Colgate womens team IMO
did themselfs proud playing against a great Tennessee team. They did get
beat but I thought they were impressive in putting up quite a bit of offense.
Kudo's the Colgate team. The Orangemen also did an awesome job in beating
Maryland. I don't know if coach Jim has something against blowing out a
team but for some reason he likes to keep it close. I guess that makes it
better for us, at least more exciting. One question though coach.
Umm, is there a reason why we slow the ball down with 10 minutes left to kill
the clock. Runnnnn with the ball, it was working, why change it???
Ok, that's my rant and a HUGE Congrats to the SU Orangemen. Sweet Sixteen
Baby
3/20 - Not much to report other than Binghamton was the only city with any snow for yesterday. A Big Welcome to our visitors from Rochester today. You still have a good shot at beating last years total snowfall. Probably by this time of the season you would rather not and just jump right into Spring. I don't blame you with over 119 inches of snow so far on the season. We'll try to get another update later in the day. Have a Great Weekend all and enjoy the beginning of spring.
3/19 - Something about Binghamton's updated stats kind of impressed me. I'm sure you can figure it out but look at the totals for this season and last season. Yup, they have exactly the same amt of snow this year as they did last year on this date. What's the odds of that happening? As for the rest of us, a little under an inch since yesterday.
A super congrats goes out to SU for a great win over BYU.
What a game and a super big pat on the back for Gerry who had a carreer high of
43 points. Awesome shooting. One thing to mention in sports as that
so far the Big East is 7 - 0 in tourney play counting the NCAA and the NIT's.
Go Big East!!! OOPS, I keep forgetting this is about weather
3/18 - Syracuse continues to inch it's way closer to the all time record of 199 inches that Buffalo holds the title to. They have a real good shot at breaking their own record of 192.1 inches that fell in the 92 and 93 season and the 200 inch mark is still a real possibility. A little bit of snow is still in the forecast for the rest of the week. Spring is in the air and just around the corner. I don't quite know where Spring is in the air but I'm sure it is someplace. Maybe Florida??? Rochester is getting closer to last years totals and Binghamton is just about ready to lap last years snowfall. Second place might get more interesting in the next couple of days because it looks like whatever snow we get will be more to the south than the north.
Today is the big day for the defending NCAA champions, Syracuse. GO ORANGEMEN!!! It should be a good game against BYU and hopefully the defense will shut em down. If not we could be in for some big trouble. DA CUSE is in the house Baby!!! Good Luck S.U.
3/17 - HAPPY ST. PATTY'S DAY ALL!!! The weatherman get
an A for the forecast for yesterday. A lot of snow everywhere. Some
of the updates we received for some cities are just up until midnight so look
for the totals to change again. Buffalo was the big winner with over 14
inches and Rochester had a respectable 11.6 inches to report so far. Here
in Syracuse up until midnight the report shows only 9.0 inches but that will
change once a new update is reported. Looking at the driveway
, my guess is it should be close to a foot or so
of new snow. Right now the sun is shining but flurries are in the forecast
foe most of the week I believe.
On another note, I had the privilege yesterday to talk to Jim
Memmott 
at the
Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester. He sounded like a super guy and I
checked out some of his articles. It looks like Rochester is lucky to have
a good writer in town. It was a pleasure talking with you Jim. They
have a few cams at the
Democrat and
Chronicle site that are pretty cool to check out Rochester's and Buffalo's
weather live. One view of the camera for Buffalo it looks like was taken
over by a big hairy spider which was interesting to watch. If you go to
the Buffalo cam, click on another view to get out of the preset view, then click
back to the preset view, you might be lucky enough to see the hairy little beast
in action. Anyways, you can check out the cams
Here. Have a Great St. Patrick's Day all.
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Below is a Cute story that has been going around the internet for a couple of years now about the weather in Good Ole NYS. Author unknown! Dear Diary
October 14th - New York is the most beautiful place on earth. The leaves are all turned colors with shades of red and orange. Went for a ride through the beautiful mountains and saw some deer. They were so graceful. Certainly they are the most wonderful animal on earth. This must be paradise. I love it here. November 11th - Deer season will start soon. I can't imagine anyone wanting to kill such a gorgeous creature. Hope it will snow soon. December 2nd - It snowed last night. Woke up to find everything blanketed with white snow. It looks like a postcard. We went outside and cleaned the snow off the steps and shoveled the driveway. We had a snowball fight (I won) and when the snowplow came by, we had to shovel the driveway again. What a beautiful place, I love New York. December 12th - More snow last night. I love it. The snowplow did his trick again to the driveway. I love it here in New York. December 19th - More snow last night. I couldn't get out of the driveway to get to work. I am exhausted from shoveling. Dumb snowplow. December 22nd - More STUPID snow last night. I've got blisters on my hands from shoveling and I think the snowplow hides around the curve and waits until I'm done shoveling the driveway. The JERK! December 25th - Merry Christmas. More STUPID snow! If I ever get my hands on that STUPID JERK who drives the snowplow, I swear I'll kill the driver. Don't know why they don't use more salt on the roads to melt the darn ice. December 27th - More snow fell last night. I've been inside for three days except for shoveling out the driveway after that snowplow goes through. Can't go anywhere; car's stuck in a mountain of snow. The weatherman says to expect another 10" of snow again tonight. Do you know how many shovels full of snow 10" is? December 28th - The darned weatherman was wrong again! We got 34" of snow this time. At this rate it won't melt before the summer. The snowplow got stuck in the road and that STUPID JERK had the nerve to come to the door and ask to borrow my shovel. After I told him I had broken six shovels already shoveling all the snow he pushed into the driveway, I broke my last one over his STUPID head! January 4th - Finally got out of the house today. Went to the store to get some food and on the way back a darned deer ran in front of the car and I hit it. It did about $3000.00 dollars worth of damage to the car. Those beasts should be killed. Wish the hunters would have gotten them all last November. May 3rd - Took the car to the garage in town. Would you believe the thing is rusting out from the STUPID salt they put all over the roads.
May 10th - Moved to Florida. I can't imagine why anyone in
their right mind would ever live in that god forsaken state of New York. Gotta Love New York!!!
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Syracuse ---------- Total Snowfall to Date = 181.3 Inches ---- Last
Year This Time --- 153.2