Heavy Snow, Otsego
- When
- January 30, 10:00 PM EST to January 31, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Otsego forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.634, -75.033 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in New York, January 30 to 31, 2000
Low pressure organized over the North Carolina coast Sunday evening the 30th and tracked north up the eastern seaboard to southern New England by Monday morning the 31th. The low moved into the Canadian Maritimes by Monday evening.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 18 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
- 18
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.
Low pressure organized over the North Carolina coast Sunday evening the 30th and tracked north up the eastern seaboard to southern New England by Monday morning the 31th. The low moved into the Canadian Maritimes by Monday evening. Heavy snow spread into the western Catskills Sunday evening and into central New York state during the early morning hours Monday. The snow tapered off during the late morning and early afternoon hours Monday across the area. Snowfall rates reached up to 2 inches per hour at times over the western Catskills where the highest snowfall amounts occurred. Snowfall totals ranged from 12 to 18 inches across the western Catskills, to between 6 and 12 inches across the Susquehanna region of New York. The western Mohawk Valley, central Southern Tier, and Finger Lakes region of central New York saw between 3 and 8 inches of snowfall. This snowstorm concluded a very snowy month in the Susquehanna Region and Western Catskills. At the Binghamton Regional Airport, 36.3 inches of snow fell in the month of January which was the 5th snowiest January on record.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
18 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Schuyler
- When
- January 30, 10:00 PM EST to January 31, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Schuyler forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.394, -76.875 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Seneca
- When
- January 30, 10:00 PM EST to January 31, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Seneca forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.781, -76.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern Cayuga
- When
- January 30, 10:00 PM EST to January 31, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Cayuga forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.010, -76.574 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern Oneida
- When
- January 30, 10:00 PM EST to January 31, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Oneida forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.242, -75.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Steuben
- When
- January 30, 10:00 PM EST to January 31, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Steuben forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.268, -77.384 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Sullivan
- When
- January 30, 10:00 PM EST to January 31, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sullivan forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.716, -74.768 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Tioga
- When
- January 30, 10:00 PM EST to January 31, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Tioga forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.170, -76.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Tompkins
- When
- January 30, 10:00 PM EST to January 31, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Tompkins forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.452, -76.474 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Yates
- When
- January 30, 10:00 PM EST to January 31, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Yates forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.633, -77.105 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Broome
- When
- January 30, 10:00 PM EST to January 31, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Broome forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.160, -75.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Chemung
- When
- January 30, 10:00 PM EST to January 31, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chemung forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.141, -76.760 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Chenango
- When
- January 30, 10:00 PM EST to January 31, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chenango forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.494, -75.612 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Cortland
- When
- January 30, 10:00 PM EST to January 31, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cortland forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.595, -76.070 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Delaware
- When
- January 30, 10:00 PM EST to January 31, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Delaware forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.198, -74.966 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Madison
- When
- January 30, 10:00 PM EST to January 31, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.913, -75.670 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Northern Oneida
- When
- January 30, 10:00 PM EST to January 31, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Oneida forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.242, -75.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Onondaga
- When
- January 30, 10:00 PM EST to January 31, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Onondaga forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.006, -76.195 (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
- Extreme Cold in Oklahoma, January 30, 2000
- Ice Storm in Virginia, January 30, 2000
- Ice Storm in Virginia, January 30, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 30 to 31, 2000
- Winter Storm in New York, January 30 to 31, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 30 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 30 to 31, 2000
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Virginia, January 30, 2000
- Winter Weather in New York, January 30 to 31, 2000
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Maryland, January 30, 2000
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New Jersey, January 30 to 31, 2000
- Dense Fog in Florida, January 30, 2000
More
Every storm in New York in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, January 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5130691, 5130692, 5130693, 5130694, 5130695, 5130696, 5130697, 5130698, 5130699, 5130700, 5131895, 5131896, 5131897, 5131898, 5131899, 5131900, 5131901, 5131902.