ok, it looks like there was a localized band of heavy snow for an hour there while I was asleep. Slept for about 5 hours. Just missed me by 5 miles, lol.
20.5 in woodside?? holy fook. That's only 5 miles from here, and I recorded "only" 14.5". So they must've been measuring a drift, but its a trained spotter so it seems more believable.
In harriman NY during the 25th Jan storm I was probably looked at weird for sitting out on the bench in front of the hotel with my heavy coat on at 5 degrees w heavy snow for an hour.