SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — With all the snow that has fallen since this past Sunday, some in Oswego have been comparing our recent bout of winter weather with the Blizzard of ’66, which ironically is celebrating its 60th anniversary this weekend.
First, the snow as it stands so far this week in Oswego has added up to 44 inches, or just under four feet. This is certainly a large accumulation for the Port City, but how does it stack up to the Blizzard of ’66?
Over four and a half days at the end of January that year, 102″ of snow was recorded by SUNY Oswego meteorology professor Bob Sykes. Fifty inches of that total fell on the last day of the blizzard, Jan. 31. What additionally sets this storm apart were the very strong winds that were estimated at 40-60 mph at its height which created massive drifts. Those winds also broke up the snowflakes which gave the drifts a concrete-like consistency, not the fluffy piles of snow that are typical in most lake effect events…