It’s definitely a white day after Christmas

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 26 December 2020 at 3:49 pm

Photos by Tom Rivers

ALBION – It’s been snowing in Orleans County today, after there was barely a dusting of the white stuff on Christmas.

The top photo shows the Main Street clock and lift bridge in Albion at about 2:45 p.m., when the snow was coming down at a good pace.

Orleans County is expected to get up to 3 inches of snow today. In Buffalo, a new record was already set by 1 p.m. today when 12.4 inches fell at the airport. The previous record for Dec. 26 was 10.7 inches in 1956, according to the National Weather Service in Buffalo.

A truck heads north on Main Street in Albion while it was snowing at about 3 p.m. today.

Sunday is forecast to be partly sunny, with a high near 36. Monday there is a chance of rain showers in the morning and then snow showers between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., then a chance of snow showers again after 3 p.m. It will be cloudy with a high near 40, good weather for making snowmen.