WATCH ABOVE: The Kevin O’Connells chat about all things winter weather (and their respective NHL teams).
EDMONTON — Buffalo, New York has received an absolute pounding of winter weather this season. Upwards of seven feet (213 centimetres) of snow has fallen in some regions.
To catch up on all things snow and winter, Global Edmonton weather specialist Kevin O’Connell chatted with his name twin and fellow weatherman Kevin O’Connell from WGRZ in Buffalo, New York, via Skype Saturday morning.
“We have the Golden Shovel Award, by the way, for New York State,” said Buffalo’s O’Connell. “And actually, I think we’re either the second or third snowiest city in the United States of America right now.”
The trouble will all that snow, according to the Buffalo weatherman, is that they simply don’t have anywhere to put it.
“If we get any more snow, and we’re going to get some today, where do we go? You can’t throw it in the river or the lake because of salt and chemicals that are probably part of the snow pile … that’s going to be real, kind of a dilemma.”
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Not only has the region had enormous amounts of snow, it’s been much colder than they’re used to. Buffalo’s O’Connell said temperatures likely will not reach above the freezing mark for the rest of the month. Overnight and into Sunday, wind chill values will hit the -25 to -35 range, he added.
“That would be the coldest it’s been since the 1890s,” said the American O’Connell. “It basically is going to be a very dangerous day to be outdoors.”
Edmontonians are no stranger to those types of temperatures. While it was sunny and 3C Saturday, the region just made its way through winter’s latest cold snap.
“We’ve seen morning wind chills in some areas of the province in the -46 range,” said Edmonton’s O’Connell.
Edmonton woke up to 10 to 15 centimetres of fresh snow Saturday morning.