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James19991 t1_j5lbi2k wrote

Reply to comment by Upbeat_Estimate1501 in Weather by Routine-Interview991

The area of Ohio that gets the lake effect is really a small portion of Ohio's land area as a whole to be fair. You generally can't get much lake effect in Ohio until you're in and around Cleveland to Youngstown, and points north and east of that. Even in Cleveland, the western parts of the metro area have much more manageable snowfall totals that are not that much worse than what you get around here, while it's the places just east of the city of Cleveland that get dumped on.

Pittsburgh has never been a spot for large 12+ inch snowfalls, but it gets plenty of 2 to 6-in snow falls throughout the year during a normal winter. Just two winters ago we had like four 6+ inch snowfalls throughout the season though, and that was fun

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kyach25 t1_j5lnwpw wrote

This is spot on. I feel like there were many times while I lived on the East Side that we would just get hammered with snow and the West Side towards Hopkins had a lot less. I just think especially with lake effect, it tends to roll in through the East Side more. As someone who loves snow, it was awesome being on the East Side.

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James19991 t1_j5lu4q2 wrote

Bingo. Yeah, if you're on west side of Cleveland, you can't get much if any lake effect from a west wind, and I think the elevation plays a role in those areas to the east too.

I love snow as well, so I wish I could spend a winter in Erie or Ashtabula once.

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