Winter Storm, Southern Fulton
- When
- December 13, 6:00 PM EST to December 14, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Fulton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.114, -74.422 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in New York, December 13 to 14, 1996
Low pressure over the Mid-Atlantic states on December 13 moved off the southern New Jersey coast by the afternoon of December 14. Its associated inverted trough stretched across eastern New York through most of this period.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS ALY wrote it up.
Low pressure over the Mid-Atlantic states on December 13 moved off the southern New Jersey coast by the afternoon of December 14. Its associated inverted trough stretched across eastern New York through most of this period. In the Adirondacks, rain changed to snow which was heavy at times from the evening hours of December 13 through the early morning hours of December 14. Snowfall totals of 6 to 8 inches were common across much of northern Fulton County and over all of Hamilton County. Some specific snowfall totals included: 8 inches at Caroga Lake in Fulton County and 10 inches at Lake Pleasant in Hamilton County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Hamilton
- When
- December 13, 6:00 PM EST to December 14, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hamilton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.661, -74.497 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in New Mexico, December 13, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maryland, December 13, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, December 13, 1996
- Coastal Flood in New York, December 13, 1996
- Coastal Flood in New Jersey, December 13 to 15, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 13 to 14, 1996
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, December 13 to 14, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 13 to 14, 1996
- Coastal Flood in New Jersey, December 13 to 14, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Connecticut, December 13, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Pennsylvania, December 13, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 13 to 14, 1996
More
Every storm in New York in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, December 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5576218, 5576219.