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Oswego, New York
Oswego (/ɒsˈwiːɡoʊ/) is a city in Oswego County, New York, located on Lake Ontario and sitting at an elevation of 285 feet (87 meters). The population was 16,921 at the 2020 census. It promotes itself as "The Port City of Central New York." The city of Oswego is bordered by the towns of Oswego (the town), Minetto, and Scriba to the west, south, and east, respectively, and by Lake Ontario to the north. Oswego Speedway is a nationally known automobile racing facility. The State University of New York at Oswego is located just outside the city on Lake Ontario.
The first European settlement at Oswego was a British trading post established in 1722, and it was first incorporated as a village in 1828 before becoming a city in 1848. British forces briefly captured the city during the War of 1812, but were defeated nearby later that same month.
Oswego has a warm-summer humid continental climate, bordering on a hot-summer climate characterized by cold, snowy winters and warm, often humid summers, typical of the Interior Northeast. The city is known for snowy winters, with an average seasonal snowfall of 140.1 inches (356 cm); this is primarily because of its lake-effect snowfall. In Summer, 90°F (32°C) days are quite rare here, and the city has never recorded a temperature of 100°F (38°C) or higher since records were first taken in 1926. It's all time high reading was 97°F (36°C), on August 14, 2002. It's coldest ever thermometer reading was −23°F (−31°C) on December 29, 1933. Oswego saw its largest single-day snowfall on January 31, 1966, when 50 inches (127 cm) of snow fell in a single day as part of the historic Blizzard of 1966.
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Oswego, NY
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