Annual New York rainfall

Driest location ranked by lowest annual average precipitation: Chazy, northeastern New York, 30.25"

Wettest location ranked by highest annual average precipitation: Slide Mountain, southern New York, 63.61"

Snowiest location ranked by highest annual average snowfall: Old Forge, central New York, 226.7"

State precipitation record for 24 hours - Brewster, southeastern New York, 9/16/1999, 13.70"

State precipitation record for 1 year - Slide Mountain, southern New York, 1996, 90.97"

State snowfall record for 24 hours - Adams, northern New York, 1/9/1976, 68.0"

State snow record for 1 season - Hooker, north-central New York, 1976-1977, 466.9"

On 1/26/1972, Oswego in north-central New York  received the current U.S. record snowfall 
of 9.1" in just one hour and 27.0" in only 3.5 hours

The average for winter season snowfall in New York is over 40 inches

On January 21, 1985, three days of snow squalls at Buffalo, New York finally came to an end. The squalls, induced by relatively 
warm water in Lake Erie, produced 34 inches of snow at the International Airport, with up to 47 inches reported 
in the suburbs of Buffalo. The New York "Blizzard of 85" left many counties disaster areas

Precipitation data for other U.S. states
Data source: National Data Climatic Center

City	Avg Annual Precip	Avg Snow Annual	Avg. # days of Precip	Avg # thunderstorm days	Avg # hail days
Albany	38.60	63.8	135	24	1
Binghamton	38.65	84.9	162	29	1
Buffalo	40.54	93.7	169	30	1
Islip	46.52	25.7	116	26	0
New York City (JFK)	42.46	23.9	118	23	0
Rochester	33.98	92.6	159	27	1
Syracuse	40.05	117.5	171	27	1
State Average - 41.90", 25th wettest in the U.S.