Oddly enough, the one thing missing in the Blizzard of '77 was a huge snowfall ... The long cold snap. The Buffalo area went 45 days, starting on Dec. 26, 1976, with continuously below-freezing ...

30 years ago today Buffalo was in the midst of the famous 3 day long Blizzard of 1977. It was the first snow storm to receive a federal disaster declaration.

By contrast, the Blizzard of ’77 featured sustained winds of 46 mph with gusts up to 69 mph and 13 hours of whiteout conditions, according to a 2017 Buffalo News lookback story. The actual snow ...

While we have had our fair share of blizzards over the past few years, none will be as memorable as the Blizzard of 1977. The ...

The number matches the most commonly reported death toll from the Blizzard of ’77 – widely known as Buffalo’s worst storm of all-time, at least prior to this week. Skip to content.

The historic blizzard, which slammed Buffalo Friday and Saturday, caused at least 39 deaths in Erie County — more than the famous Blizzard of ’77 — with most of the victims dying from the ...

That number surpasses the most commonly reported death toll of 29 from the Blizzard of '77, widely known as Buffalo's worst storm of all time until this one, WIVB pointed out.

“I worked in the National Weather Service office in Buffalo for over 30 years, and this is probably right where the blizzard of ’77, the worst storm I’ve seen there during the wintertime ...

Buffalo is experiencing a blizzard labeled ... surpassing the famed blizzard of ’77 for its ferocity,” said Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz at a Saturday morning news conference.

BUFFALO — In Buffalo, ... “This may turn out to be the worst storm in our community’s history, surpassing the famed Blizzard of ’77 for its ferocity,” Mark Poloncarz, ...

Many people in Buffalo and across Western New York awoke on Saturday morning unable to leave their homes. High winds and a barreling storm that had continued overnight drove mounds of snow more ...