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In the Catskill region, average seasonal snowfall is in excess of 50 inches, with higher snow totals at the mountain base areas then in the villages, and far more than falls in the Hudson Valley. Ski areas almost always have relatively high base elevations — feet or more — and generally report higher totals.

Whiteface, Gore , Plattekill and Holiday Valley all claim significantly higher totals then the associated villages below. Even after you account for marketing inflation, totals are higher than those reported at official weather stations in town. Elevation matters. Precipitation in the form of snow is released as the air moves inland over gradually sloping higher terrain.

Heavy snow squalls can occur, generating from 1 to 2 feet of snow and occasionally 4 feet or more. Lake effect snowfall often extends into the Mohawk Valley and inland as far as the Finger Lakes and southern tier of counties. Counties to the lee of Lake Erie are subject to heaviest snow in November and December. As the lake surface gradually freezes by midwinter, these snows diminish.

Areas near Lake Ontario, especially those to the southeast and east, are exposed to severe snow squalls well into February. Ontario is deeper than Erie and generally retains considerable open water throughout the winter months. In the New York snow belts — the plateau regions adjacent to the lakes —monthly snowfall amounts over 24 inches are common most winters and accumulations of more than 50 inches within 2 consecutive months are not unusual. Much of the total annual precipitation in New York is a result of snowfall in the mountains.

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