[cmrdporcupine]

The weather patterns here are predominantly with the prevailing winds of west to east. Most of the weather in this area comes over from Michigan. Most of the weather hitting upstate NY is not coming over from Lake Ontario and being moderated by the lake, but comes from the west. Yes, the lake effect snow is a thing more on the south side, but the plant growing zone for example is 1 level higher on the northwest corner of the lake than on the south bank.