Heavy Snow, Seneca
- When
- May 31, 11:58 PM EST
- Where
- Seneca forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.781, -76.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in New York, May 31, 1996
1 inches of snow fell at Hancock Airport in North Syracuse during the month of May. 0 inches of snow fell.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 3
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 BGM wrote it up.
A total of 2.1 inches of snow fell at Hancock Airport in North Syracuse during the month of May. That makes May 1996 the second snowiest May on record for Syracuse, behind May 1907, in which 5.0 inches of snow fell.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Southern Cayuga
- When
- May 31, 11:58 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Cayuga forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.010, -76.574 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Onondaga
- When
- May 31, 11:58 PM EST
- Where
- Onondaga forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.006, -76.195 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in South Dakota, May 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kansas, May 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kansas, May 31, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, May 31, 1996
- Tornadoes in Kansas, May 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kansas, May 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kansas, May 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kansas, May 31, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, May 31, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kansas, May 31, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, May 31, 1996
More
Every storm in New York in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, May 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: 5559577, 5559578, 5559579.