Heavy Snow, Northern Herkimer
- When
- March 5, 9:00 PM EST to March 6, 1:00 PM 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, March 5 to 6, 1997
During March 5 and 6, a low pressure system moved from the Tennessee Valley northeast to Cape Cod. Heavy snow fell across the southern Adirondacks and northern Washington County.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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.
During March 5 and 6, a low pressure system moved from the Tennessee Valley northeast to Cape Cod. Heavy snow fell across the southern Adirondacks and northern Washington County. There was a very sharp cutoff between snow to the north and rain to the south. In northern Washington County, approximately 10 inches of snow fell while the southern portions of the county observed less than an inch of snow. In Warren County, North Creek and Warrensburg received 10 and 9 inches of snow respectively. Other snowfall totals included, 9 inches at Indian Lake and 11 inches at Piseco Lake.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Northern Warren
- When
- March 5, 9:00 PM EST to March 6, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Warren forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.561, -73.846 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Northern Washington
- When
- March 5, 9:00 PM EST to March 6, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Washington forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.314, -73.431 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Hamilton
- When
- March 5, 9:00 PM EST to March 6, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hamilton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.661, -74.497 (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
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 5, 1997
- Winter Weather in North Dakota, March 5, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 5, 1997
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 5 to 6, 1997
- Winter Storm in New York, March 5 to 6, 1997
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, March 5, 1997
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 5, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 5, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 5, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 5, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 5, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 5, 1997
More
Every storm in New York in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, March 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5592517, 5592518, 5592519, 5592520.