After seven years, the Golden Snowball returns home to Syracuse. The last time Syracuse won the competition was in 2018.
The actual “trophy” is virtual. There are numerous legends about its existence, you can read about them here.
Syracuse competes against five other Upstate New York cities for the highest average snowfall: Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo and Rochester.
Syracuse won the competition this year with 115 inches of snow as of April 14. The total was still below the normal seasonal average of 127.8 inches of snow. Last year’s total snowfall as of the same time last year was 60.8 inches.
Rochester came in second with 87.8 inches of snow, Binghamton had 79.9 inches, Buffalo had 77.2 and Albany had 43.9 inches of snow.
Syracuse also placed first in the annual Snow Globe competition, beating out 24 other cities across the nation. Erie, Pennsylvania was second, and Rochester was third.
Barring a freak storm, Syracuse can once again claim bragging rights for being the snowiest city.
