New York, 1997

Heavy Snow in New York, March 6 to 7, 1997

March 6 to 7, 1997 · NWS BGM · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

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  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • 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
2

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

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Northern Oneida

When
March 6, 4:00 PM EST to March 7, 3:00 AM EST
Where
Northern Oneida forecast zone
Coordinates
43.242, -75.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A cold west to northwest wind flow across Lake Ontario brought locally heavy lake effect squalls to portions of central New York. Northern Madison and northern Oneida counties received the highest totals from late in the afternoon of the 6th into the pre-dawn hours of the 7th as a well defined single band meandered through these respective areas. Accumulations of 6 to 9 inches were common with the heaviest amount of about 9 inches noted near Boonville in far northern Oneida county.

Heavy Snow, Madison

When
March 6, 4:00 PM EST to March 7, 3:00 AM EST
Where
Madison forecast zone
Coordinates
42.913, -75.670 (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.

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5600330, 5600331.