Heavy Snow, Onondaga
- When
- December 6, 2:00 AM EST to December 7, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Onondaga forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.006, -76.195 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in New York, December 6 to 7, 1997
3 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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, Madison
- When
- December 6, 2:00 AM EST to December 7, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.913, -75.670 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Northern Oneida
- When
- December 6, 2:00 AM EST to December 7, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Oneida forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.242, -75.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The combination of a low pressure trough moving southward through the region and lake effect snow bands behind this feature produced bursts of moderate to heavy snow across the northern half of Onondaga county, extreme northern Madison county, and northern portions of Oneida county. Snowfall for this time period generally ranged from 6 to 9 inches, with the greatest amounts found over the higher elevations. Some specific totals included Marcellus in Onondaga county - 6 inches, Forestport in Oneida county - 7.5 inches, and Boonville in Oneida county - 8.5 inches.
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
- Flash Flood and Flooding in California, December 6, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 6, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, December 6 to 7, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, December 6 to 7, 1997
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, December 6 to 7, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, December 6, 1997
- Dense Fog in Washington, December 6 to 8, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Maryland, December 6 to 7, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 6, 1997
More
Every storm in New York in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, December 1997
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: 5625303, 5625304, 5625305.