Updated snow totals: Hardest-hit Buffalo suburbs slammed with 5-6 feet this week

Nick Veronica

January 18, 2024 at 5:18 PM·3 min read

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A one-two punch of snow pummeled Western New York in recent days, dropping 5-6 feet of snow on some of the hardest-hit Buffalo suburbs since Saturday.

The extreme weather began with a storm that brought blizzard-like conditions last weekend and forced the Bills game to be postponed – and it has hardly stopped snowing since. A second lake-effect snow system dumped more than 2 feet in some areas this week, with more to come.

Latest 4Warn Weather forecast

Here are the latest snowfall totals from Saturday through Thursday morning.

Methodology

Snow totals are published by the National Weather Service, collected from a variety of sources. News 4 Chief Meteorologist Todd Santos went through the data and identified reporting sources that have consistently submitted data throughout the week in order to find uniform, reliable measurements. The following numbers are the result of that process, with a cutoff of Thursday morning. As always, it’s possible some locations received higher snow totals but haven’t yet report their data.

Towns with the most snow since Saturday

Towns just south of Buffalo were the hardest hit this week.
Some towns in Niagara County received close to 2 feet of snow.
Ski country hasn’t received as much snow this week.

West Seneca: 74.8 inches (6 feet, 2.8 inches)
Hamburg: 62.1 inches (5 feet, 2.1 inches)
South Buffalo: 55.5 inches
Angola: 47.8 inches
Lancaster: 47.3 inches
Orchard Park: 46.5 inches
Elma: 43 inches
East Aurora: 33.8 inches
Batavia: 28.5 inches
Cheektowaga (Buffalo airport): 26.3 inches
North Tonawanda: 22.8 inches
Lockport: 21.8 inches
Holland: 17.5 inches

Why doesn’t the new Bills stadium have a dome, again?

In West Seneca, they are running out of room to put the snow.
A man in West Seneca clears snow from his roof.

Tuesday-Thursday snow numbers

Here are the latest numbers from the National Weather Service, limited to just Tuesday-Thursday morning. To see snowfall totals for just this past weekend, click here, but note that listings from within one town may not be from the same location.