THONK! The Biggest Snowflake Ever!

[guyfriday]

Have YOU seen any big snowflakes?  We really don't get them in Texas, but I have a memory of seeing some pretty large and fluffy ones (perhaps close to half an inch) in Germany when I was a child.

The biggest snowflake I ever saw was back in 1994 Maryland at the start of a cold front that led into a blizzard. the flakes falling were big enough to guess-ta-mate the size at around 8 inches across. A guy from New York state near the lakes said he'd seen bigger from lake effect snow. 

Anyone from the upper New York area want to chime in on this interesting topic?