Lake Effect Snow Warnings in New York
425 lake effect snow warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of lake effect snow warnings reaches back to 2005.
Lake Effect Snow Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Lake Effect Snow Warnings
- 425
- Busiest year
- 200739 lake effect snow warnings
- Average year
- 19over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Oswego County171
- Lewis County146
- Jefferson County138
- Chautauqua County102
- Oneida County101
- Cattaraugus County98
- Erie County97
- Cayuga County85
- Wyoming County76
- Herkimer County72
- Wayne County57
- Onondaga County56
- Madison County50
- Hamilton County39
- Genesee County37
- St. Lawrence County24
- Monroe County22
- Orleans County21
- Niagara County19
- Allegany County13
- Cortland County9
- Chenango County8
- Fulton County5
- Tompkins County5
- Livingston County5
- Tioga County4
- Franklin County4
- Montgomery County4
- Ontario County4
- Otsego County3
- Seneca County3
- Broome County2
- Essex County1
- Schoharie County1
- Delaware County1
- Schuyler County1
- Yates County1
The latest lake effect snow warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 12:28 AM EDT | Lake Effect Snow Warning | BGM | Madison, Oneida, Onondaga | 30 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:54 PM EDT | Lake Effect Snow Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 40 hr |
| Feb 11, 8:13 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | BGM | Madison, Onondaga | 22 hr |
| Jan 26, 1:05 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego, Wayne | 3 days |
| Jan 22, 1:20 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | BUF | Erie, Wyoming | 36 hr |
| Jan 22, 12:38 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 42 hr |
| Jan 1, 12:27 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | BGM | Madison, Oneida, Onondaga | 56 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.