By Brian Thompson, Meteorologist
December 2,2015; 9:42PM,EST
The latest date that the city has recorded its first measurable snow is Dec. 3 in 1899.
Measurable snow is defined as 0.1 of an inch of snow or more.
Roadways
were littered with cars and trucks that became stuck as intense snow
fell over the greater Buffalo area during November 2014. (Flickr
Photo/governorandrewcuomo)The latest in the season that Buffalo has picked up its first inch of snow was Jan. 3, which happened in the winter of 1922-23.
Buffalo has only picked trace amounts of snow so far this season, which is a big change from last year's "Snowvember" lake-effect snow event.
People
walk along a snow-covered street in the south Buffalo area on Friday,
Nov. 21, 2014, in Buffalo, New York. A snowfall that brought huge drifts
and closed roads in the Buffalo area finally ended on Friday. (AP
Photo/Mike Groll)Some southern Buffalo suburbs picked up more than 7 feet of snow over the period of several days, hindering the area. The Buffalo Bills game was moved to Detroit after Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park was buried under snow.
Last year's lake-effect outbreaks were fueled by constant shots of Arctic air moving over the relatively warm Great Lakes.
This year, the cold shots have not been practically non-existent and the overall pattern is not expected to change anytime soon.
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There is the potential for a few snow showers from Wednesday into Thursday that could potentially give the city the 0.1 of an inch it needs to prevent the record from being broken.
Even if snow showers do move in, the combination of temperatures above freezing and a relatively warm ground may make it difficult for the snow to stick.
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