Heavy Snow, Northern Herkimer
- When
- January 6, 6:00 PM EST to January 7, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Herkimer forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.420, -74.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in New York, January 6 to 7, 1997
On January 6 and 7, a westerly flow of arctic air moving across the relatively warm waters of Lake Ontario produced heavy lake effect snow over northern Herkimer County. Snowfall totals included 7 inches at Stillwater Reservoir and 8 inches at Old Forge.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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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.
What happened
The episode as NWS ALY wrote it up.
On January 6 and 7, a westerly flow of arctic air moving across the relatively warm waters of Lake Ontario produced heavy lake effect snow over northern Herkimer County. Snowfall totals included 7 inches at Stillwater Reservoir and 8 inches at Old Forge. Locally over a foot of snow was reported in the most persistent bands.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Winter Storm in Texas, January 6 to 7, 1997
- Winter Storm in Arizona, January 6 to 7, 1997
- High Wind in California, January 6 to 7, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 6 to 8, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 6 to 7, 1997
- Ice Storm in Texas, January 6 to 8, 1997
- Ice Storm in Louisiana, January 6 to 8, 1997
- Ice Storm in Arkansas, January 6 to 8, 1997
- Winter Storm in New Mexico, January 6 to 7, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Texas, January 6 to 7, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 6 to 8, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Texas, January 6 to 9, 1997
More
Every storm in New York in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, January 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: 5588917.