Buffalo is a geographical anomaly, there is no buffeting of Lake Eire condensation from the city to Toledo Ohio. Any storm coming from the US Midwest has the length of Lake Eire to gather moisture, hitting Bufallo very hard. And it's a very bitter wet cold as well. If you go to hockey games in Buffalo, always wear thermal socks!
Having said that I warm to the people of Buffalo, even though I'm not a Bills fan. They are tough humble people with no penis envy in regards to Toronto like Ottawa. Oddly I've only been there in the winter. I could do a one hour episode of Diners Drive Inns and Dives there. Last time I was there it was such an oppressive wet cold that I couldn't get warm. My group wanted to go to the Anchor Bar, luckily the owner is an Inter Milan fan, the first item I ordered was a hot cup of coffee and a shot of grappa.