Binghamton, N.Y., got a record-breaking amount of snow.
Mayor Richard C. David of Binghamton said the snowfall “was more than double” what was anticipated.Credit...Craig Ruttle/Associated Press
Dec. 17, 2020
ALBANY, N.Y. — The snowstorm that blanketed the Northeast delivered record or near-record snowfalls to parts of upstate New York, prompting Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Thursday to declare a state of emergency in 18 counties outside New York City and its immediate suburbs.
The snow was particularly heavy in the state’s Southern Tier area, with the biggest city in the region, Binghamton, getting 41 inches, the National Weather Service said. At its heaviest, the snow was falling in Binghamton at a rate of more than four inches an hour, meteorologists said.