You’re From Upstate NY If You Say These Things After a Big Storm

After a monster weekend storm dropped more than a foot of snow across the Capital Region, every Upstate lifer immediately started saying the same things we always say.

Albany, Clifton Park, Troy, or deep in the Adirondacks — if you’ve lived here long enough, these lines are basically muscle memory.

What Upstate New Yorkers ALWAYS Say Before a Big Snowstorm

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See Local Capital Region And Upstate NY Snow Predictions For Dec. 2, 2025

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Winter Storm Watch for the Capital Region and parts of Upstate New York for Tuesday, December 2, 2025. How much will you get where you live? Here are local snowfall predictions from the NWS.

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