Heavy Snow, Onondaga
- When
- December 31, 9:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Onondaga forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.006, -76.195 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in New York, December 31, 2000
A cold arctic airmass moved southeast across the Great Lakes behind a winter storm to create lake effect snow showers and squalls. 6 to 16 inches of snow fell in extreme northern Onondaga County over the entire event.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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 BGM wrote it up.
A cold arctic airmass moved southeast across the Great Lakes behind a winter storm to create lake effect snow showers and squalls. 6 to 16 inches of snow fell in extreme northern Onondaga County over the entire event. The towns affected included Lysander, Clay, and North Syracuse. The event went into the early morning hours of January 1st, 2001 before it tapered off to flurries.
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
- Extreme Cold in Alabama, December 31, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Mississippi, December 31, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Florida, December 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 31, 2000
- Winter Storm in New York, December 31, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, December 31, 2000
- Winter Storm in Texas, December 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, December 31, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, December 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 31, 2000
- Winter Storm in New York, December 31, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, December 31, 2000
More
Every storm in New York in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, December 2000
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: 5177564.