BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — It's an award that nobody seems to want. The City of Buffalo has bid farewell to the Golden Snowball.
This trophy goes to the city with the most snow throughout winter in New York State. Buffalo has won the trophy three years in a row, but this year it was Syracuse.
On Saturday, the trophy was awarded to the Mayor of Syracuse at a ceremony here in the Queen City.
"That transfer's important," Steve Vermett said. "It's a tradition that's been going on since 1977, where it's been transferred from city to city each year that it's won. Lovely to have the mayor come and visit so we could transfer the trophy to them. They won it this year, and they'll have it on loan until it comes back to Buffalo."
Syracuse received about 115 inches of snow this past winter. Rochester came in second with 88, followed by Binghamton with 80. Buffalo came in fourth place, with about 77.
