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Buffalo Weather & Photo Journal Archive.
In
much the same way that Seattle conjures up images of clouds and rain, and
San Diego or Miami conjures up visions of sunny skies, it's increasingly true
that the mere menion of “Buffalo” anywhere
in the world seems to conjure up visions of snow, and lots of
it. But those Buffalo, New York natives who lived in other parts of the United
States, know two things about Buffalo weather. First, Buffalo's winters are
not nearly as cold or as snowy as other parts of the United States, and secondly,
Buffalo's summers and autumns are amongst the most pleasant. Yes spring comes
late, and is almost non-existent, but when it comes to summer
and summer evenings, Buffalo's glorious summers are its best
kept secret. Many Buffaloians could vacation in the south
of France, but find the weather and luxuary of a well maintained
summer home on Lake Erie or Lake Ontario in nearby Canada
to be ideal.
Of
course, global warming (otherwise known as "weather
destabalization")
might certainly change all that. A case in point, our expected
"Indian Summer" and comfortable late autumn was
displaced by the earliest winter snow storm in Buffalo’s
history came roaring out of the western plains a few Octobers
ago,, weighing down tree braches that had not yet been given
the opportunity to lose their leaves. The result has been
aptly described by locals (we don’t
know for sure who first coined the phrase) as “Arborgeddon.” It’s
an apt term, because one of the wonderful hallmarks of Buffalo,
and its suburbs (such as Amherst) are the thousands and thousands
of trees in both parks and neighborhoods. Not unlike
many local web sites, we’ve been documenting the disaster,
and have a gallery
of photos of this storm that we
have posted in our cam archive.
Buffalo
is about half an hour's drive to Niagara Falls, and that's
a big plus, not only tourists but for everyone in Western New York.
A trip to Niagara Falls can be exilarating (without the casinos).
We recommend that you visit the Official
Niagara Falls FallsView Cam before making the your
trip the Falls. At the Fallscam, you can see real time
views of Niagara Falls, and, therefore, view actual weather
conditions at the Falls. We'll also be adding more information
about other tourist destinations such as Niagara-on-the-Lake,
and Stratford Festival Theatre, plus our many cultural
attractions within the Greater Buffalo area. See our NAVIGATION
menu for additional topics, and our photo archives.
We'll also be adding some photos taken in the real snow
belt the media misrepresents as Buffalo, the snow capital
of Western New York, Colden, New York. The big snows fall
in Colden and in other areas south of Buffalo.
The weather pages at the BuffaloCam, in addition to the Cam itself,
get most of its traffic during the winter months, as former Buffalonians
as well as weathermen turn to the to The BuffaloCam for images of how
Buffalonians are weathering the storm. At times, we’ve had over
a million hits per day, so if you turn to the Cam on a stormy day or “week,” be
patient. There just might be a lot of people in the USA and Canada,
checking to see exactly what’s happening in Buffalo.