Winter Storm, Niagara
- When
- March 5, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Niagara forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 43.173, -78.691 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in New York, March 5, 1996
A late season winter storm dumped six to ten inches of heavy, wet snow across portions of Western New York. Specific totals included: North Tonawanda 10", Lyndonville 8", Rochester 9", Sodus 6", Fairhaven 6", Buffalo 8", Darien 8", and Avon 8".
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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
- $63,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 BUF wrote it up.
A late season winter storm dumped six to ten inches of heavy, wet snow across portions of Western New York. Specific totals included: North Tonawanda 10", Lyndonville 8", Rochester 9", Sodus 6", Fairhaven 6", Buffalo 8", Darien 8", and Avon 8".
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Orleans
- When
- March 5, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Orleans forecast zone
- Property damage
- $9,000
- Coordinates
- 43.251, -78.189 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Monroe
- When
- March 5, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 43.165, -77.636 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Wayne
- When
- March 5, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 43.066, -76.978 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Northern Cayuga
- When
- March 5, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Cayuga forecast zone
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Coordinates
- 43.010, -76.574 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Northern Erie
- When
- March 5, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Erie forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 42.758, -78.780 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Genesee
- When
- March 5, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Genesee forecast zone
- Property damage
- $7,000
- Coordinates
- 43.001, -78.194 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Livingston
- When
- March 5, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Livingston forecast zone
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Coordinates
- 42.728, -77.775 (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
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Mississippi, March 5, 1996
- Hail in Mississippi, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Missouri, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Missouri, March 5, 1996
- High Wind in Utah, March 5 to 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 5, 1996
- Hail in Missouri, March 5, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Utah, March 5 to 6, 1996
More
Every storm in New York in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, March 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5548302, 5548303, 5548304, 5548305, 5548306, 5548307, 5548308, 5548309.