For the first time since the winter of 1982-83, Binghamton, New York, may finish with more snow than any other city in the Empire State in what has been a historic season for this small city in New York's southern tier.

Through April 11, Binghamton has received 135.2 inches of snow, a slim 0.1 inches above Syracuse's seasonal total.

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Last Friday, meteorologists at the National Weather Service office in Binghamton measured 0.9 inches of snow at Binghamton Regional Airport, enough to push the city ahead of its neighbor 70 miles to the north; only 0.3 inches of snow fell that day at Syracuse Hancock Airport. These airports are the official snowfall measurement sites for their respective cities.

Winter Storm Argos kicked off the winter for both Binghamton and Syracuse. At the time, Argos was Binghamton's heaviest snowstorm in more than 60 years of records with 27.6 inches recorded at Binghamton Regional Airport in a 72-hour period ending around midday on Nov. 22.

In Syracuse, Argos was a record snowstorm for the month of November as 25.1 inches of snow piled up at the airport Nov. 20-22.

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Less than four months later, Winter Storm Stella topped Argos's record in Binghamton, pummeling the city with 35.3 inches of snow on March 14 and 15. Syracuse wound up with 24.4 inches of snow from Stella.

This late-season snowstorm pushed Binghamton to its snowiest winter on record, with 131.7 inches accumulated by the end of Stella. The previous record-snowiest season in Binghamton was 131.3 inches in 1993-94 .

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Stella's snowfall exceeded what Binghamton received all of last winter when a meager 32 inches piled up and ranked as the least snowy season on record there. The city's seasonal average for snowfall is 83.4 inches.

Although winter is over for the majority of the U.S., Syracuse averages 3.8 inches of snow in April and 0.1 inches in May, so we can't declare Binghamton the winner just yet. Binghamton averages 4.3 inches and 0.1 inches in those respective months.

Snowfall this winter was above average in Syracuse, but nowhere near the snowiest on record, as it was in Binghamton. The 1992-93 snow season brought 192.1 inches to the Salt City, well above the seasonal average of 123.8 inches.

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Elevation will play a key role in the snowfall race over the remainder of the snow season. Binghamton Regional Airport is located at 1,636 feet above sea level, whereas Syracuse Hancock Airport is only at 410 feet.

Accumulating snow is very dependent on elevation this late in the season since temperatures may be cold enough for snow in higher elevations, but low elevations, such as Syracuse, will usually be warmer and could see mostly rain instead of snow.

It will be interesting to see if Binghamton's elevation works in its favor if any additional snow falls in the weeks ahead.

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According to GoldenSnowball.com – a contest between Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Binghamton and Albany each winter – Binghamton has only been the snowiest New York city three of the past 53 winters: 1964-65, 1966-67 and 1982-83. Syracuse has been the snowiest for a total of 39 winters, including every winter since 2012-13.

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