I would be so frustrated if I had to dig out my car every day, or if I worried constantly about getting stuck in the snow. Lots of people complain about Erie, PA winters, and after this week I don’t blame them. The snow was piled so high around the parking lot you could almost dunk a baby in a basketball hoop! The parking lot had been cleared enough that Kris could pull the kids around in the sled there, the playground was completely buried in fluffy white flakes though. We have an elementary school near our house and we decided to go see the state of the playground after the snowstorm. It looked like we could just walk right off the edge of our second story porch into a sea of snow. The deck, and every square inch of railing, was completely covered in snow. The next morning we couldn’t even see our balcony.

We went to bed Christmas night and when we woke up we found over 18 inches of snow. The lake effect can cause massive snowfalls in a short amount of time. Basically water rises off the lake, freezes instantly, and then dumps all over Erie in piles of snow. Officials declared a snow emergency for the city during the storm starting Christmas day! You weren’t even allowed to drive unless you had proper tires and AWD.Įrie, Pennsylvania is known for harsh winters, thanks to the lake effect. Every time I look outside the air is thick with flakes. The snow storm total for the event was an incredible 65.1 inches by Wednesday morning! A week later and it has barely let up. Erie picked up more snow in 30 hours than its previous 13-day snowfall record. In case you didn’t hear it on the news, over here in Erie we are completely buried in snow.

Xmas snow pictures