At a Glance

The town of Redfield, New York, received 74 inches of snow in just four days.Snow piles were taller than the height of people and cars.

While most of the Northeast eases through a generally mild winter, some locations in the Great Lakessnowbeltswill be looking at piles of snow well into the spring. One spot, in particular, is central New York's Tug Hill Plateau, located due east of Lake Ontario.

This region is commonly known as the. Lake-effect snow often pounds this region, as westerly winds blow across the longest axis of Lake Ontario, picking up abundant moisture from that lake and sometimes even from the upper Great Lakes. This, combined with the Tug Hill Plateau's gradual rise to about 2,000 feet in elevation, creates some .

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Last Wednesday through Saturday (Feb. 1-4), an intense band of lake-effect snow set up east of Lake Ontario, dumping up to 74 inches of snow– just over 6 feet– on the town of , in those four days. If you do the math, that's about 1.5 feet per day, if it were spread out evenly over the four days.

Oswego County, New York, where Redfield is located, was placed under a state of emergency last Friday when emergency vehicles and snowplows had difficulty getting through the area, due to the heavy snowfall and poor visibility. in the northeastern part of the county.

These are observed snowfall totals from Feb. 1-4, 2017, for select locations in central New York.

It doesn't appear any snowfall records were set, but any way you look at it, that'sa lot of snow, even for Tug Hill Plateau standards. Meanwhile, just 40 miles to the southwest in , only 7.1 inches of snow was measured over the four-day period, showing the truly localized nature of lake-effect snow.

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Despite lake-effect snow being fluffy in nature, when this much of it piles up so quickly, it can become quite heavy and cause roof damage. Therefore, Redfield residents had to grab their snow shovels, boots and clear all that snow from their roofs, to avoid the potential catastrophe of a roof caving in.

Syracuse-based meteorologist of WSYR-TV decided to take a Sunday drive and check out the aftermath of the snowstorm in Boylston, New York, just a few miles from Redfield, as any snow-fanatic would do. He that he's 5 feet 8 inches tall, and he "was dwarfed by the piles of snow along the roadside."

Jim Teske stands beside mounds of snow in Boylston, New York, on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, after a heavy lake-effect snowstorm.

(Jim Teske/WSYR-TV)

Teske said he saw . He also noted that he saw .

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Tall snowbanks line the Oswego County roads of Boylston, New York.

(Jim Teske/WSYR-TV)

Another dedicated meteorologist, , drove out to Redfield from the Albany area, just to see what 6 feet of snow looks like in person. His video below clearly illustrates how lake-effect snow is so light and fluffy.

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The covers the Tug Hill Plateau, and even they couldn't resist snapping a few photos in the towns of Redfield and Montague, New York.

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Basically, if you love snow and don't want to live in the mountain West, you may want to consider relocating to the Tug Hill region east of Lake Ontario.

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