Syracuse broke a record for the single snowiest day in recorded history this winter. Didn’t hear about it? That’s because no one knew it was broken.
For as long as records have been digitized, Syracuse’s snowiest day was listed as February 15th, 1946. But according to reporting by syracuse.com, the jaw-dropping 34 inches went completely unreported. None of the local papers made any mention of it.
News Channel Nine Chief Meteorologist Jim Teske said that when the final snowfall total on December 30th, 2025 came in at 24.2 inches, he knew it was day for the history books. But when he checked the national weather database and saw the chart for Syracuse snowfall records, he believed that it wasn’t enough to put it over the finish line…