Albany's Top 10 Snowiest Winters Of All Time [RANKED]

How much snow would we need to get this winter to reach record-setting territory?

Winter has been wintering in Upstate New York this year. It's been brutally cold, and we have had a fair amount of snow. According to News 10, we had had 36.9 total inches of accumulation this year which is only 1/10th of an inch off our typical average pace.

Since the winter of 1884 - 85 the National Weather Service has been tracking yearly snowfall totals and when you put all those up and down winters together the typical seasonal snowfall for New York's capital city is 59.2 inches. So how far and above would we have to go this winter to make it one of the all-time biggest for snowfall?

Well, let's put it this way: the last time we had enough snowfall to land in Albany's all-time top ten winters below was over 20 years ago in 2002-2003. It is probably unlikely to happen this year as we would need a pretty enormous amount of snow over the next month or so to crack this top-ten list.

Albany's Top 10 Snowiest Winters Of All Time [RANKED]

How much snow would it actually take to make it an all-time winter when it comes to big snowfall total for the season? In the average winter, the National Weather Service (NWS) says we get 59.2 inches of snow in Albany. Here is the top 10 list of the snowiest Albany winters on record.

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10 Largest Snowfalls On Record In Albany

If snow removal were a sport, Upstate New York would be to shoveling what Madison Square Garden is to basketball. Yes, we get a fair amount of snow, but for the most part, it is no big deal—except when we are talking feet instead of inches. These are snow storms in Albany when it was a big deal! Here are the 10 largest snowfalls on record in Albany according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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Albany's 10 Least Snowy Winters Of All Time

Some winters in Upstate New York can be absolutely brutal as far as massive amounts of snow. Then there are times like this winter when it feels like the snow is pretty much non-existent. It wouldn't be the first time! Here are the 10 least snowy winters of all time according to the National Weather Service of Albany

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