Heavy Snow, Northern St. Lawrence
- When
- December 27, 10:00 PM EST to December 28, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern St. Lawrence forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.501, -75.116 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in New York, December 27 to 28, 2001
Low pressure over southern Canada resulted in a westsouthwest wind flow of cold air across Lake Ontario. This setup heavy snow bands.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 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 BTV wrote it up.
Low pressure over southern Canada resulted in a westsouthwest wind flow of cold air across Lake Ontario. This setup heavy snow bands. The snow began in southern portions of St Lawrence county during midday on Thursday, December 27th and continued through the day of December 28th with the snow bands meandering. Across southern portions of the county, lake effect snow was generally 8 to 12 inches. However, there were some reports in excess of 12 inches along the extreme southern county border.
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 Florida, December 27, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 27 to 28, 2001
- Extreme Cold in Florida, December 27, 2001
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, December 27, 2001
- Winter Storm in Oregon, December 27 to 28, 2001
- High Wind in California, December 27, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 27, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, December 27, 2001
- High Wind in California, December 27, 2001
- Wildfire in California, December 27, 2001
More
Every storm in New York in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, December 2001
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: 5276316.