Buffalo, New York, known for winters that arrive early and stay late, broke a decades-long snowfall record Friday — for a lack of snow, NBC News reported.
The last time Buffalo made it through Dec. 3 without measurable snowfall — defined by the National Weather Service as at least 0.10 inches — was 1899, according to NBC affiliate WGRZ. And the city has never made it past that date within recorded history. Until now.
Buffalo just finished the fourth warmest November recorded, according to Weather.com, and the city is joined by many cities in the Northeast, which have experienced a seemingly endless autumn.
The reason for the higher temperatures, which most of the country can also expect through the middle of December, is that the jet stream and all the chilly air it carries, remains far north in Canada, Weather.com reported.
