Heavy Snow in New York, December 26 to 27, 2000

Lake effect snow set up early on the 26th. A band of heavy snow, with snowfall rates of around an inch per hour, was across northern Onondaga, northern Madison, and southern Oneida Counties starting at 5 AM. This band continued at about the same intensity and in about the same location til around 10 PM that same day. Snowfall totals were 4 to 10 inches. Starting at around noon on the 26th, other bands of heavy lake effect snow were across northern Oneida County. On the evening of the 26th the main heavy band shifted north to be across Oneida County. Snowfall rates increased to 2 inches an hour late on the 26th and continued into the 27th. Before the winds shifted the band back south around 9 AM on the 27th, parts of western Oneida County had up to 2 feet of snow. Snowfall rates of around an inch per hour continued through most of the the 27th in northern Onondaga, Madison and southern Oneida Counties. Snowfall amounts were another 4 to 10 inches. Late on the 27th the wind shifted further to the north weakening the bands.