New York, 1997

Heavy Snow in New York, February 4 to 5, 1997

February 4 to 5, 1997 · NWS BGM · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

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Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Northern Oneida

When
February 4, 10:00 PM EST to February 5, 6:00 AM EST
Where
Northern Oneida forecast zone
Coordinates
43.242, -75.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A storm system moved northeast from the Ohio Valley into Michigan during the late afternoon and evening hours of the 4th. This system produced a mixed bag of wintery precipitation across central New York. A period of heavy snow occurred in northern sections of Oneida county late at night on the 4th and into the early morning hours of the 5th before precipitation changed over to sleet and freezing rain. By daybreak on the 5th, 6 to 8 inches of snow and sleet had fallen over the northern half of the county. Specifically, Alder Creek reported 7.5 inches and Forestport got around 8 inches of new snow.

What these are

Heavy Snow
Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

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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: 5595867.