Heavy Snow, Chautauqua
- When
- December 29, 3:30 AM EST
- Where
- Chautauqua forecast zone
- Property damage
- $1.5 million
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.303, -79.406 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in New York, December 29, 2001
Lake effect snowbands shifted into the western southern tier area late on the 28th and persisted through the 30th. Specific storm totals included: in Chautauqua county: Arkwright 56"; Sherman 48"; Sinclairville 30"; Fredonia 28"; Ellington 25"; Dunkirk 22" and Silver Creek 20".
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- $3.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 BUF wrote it up.
Lake effect snowbands shifted into the western southern tier area late on the 28th and persisted through the 30th. Specific storm totals included: in Chautauqua county: Arkwright 56"; Sherman 48"; Sinclairville 30"; Fredonia 28"; Ellington 25"; Dunkirk 22" and Silver Creek 20". In Cattaraugus county: South Dayton 54"; Perrysburg 51"; Yorkshire 46" and New Albion 21". In Allegany county: Rushford 15" and Angelica 11".
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Cattaraugus
- When
- December 29, 9:30 AM EST
- Where
- Cattaraugus forecast zone
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.249, -78.679 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Allegany
- When
- December 29, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Allegany forecast zone
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.257, -78.028 (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 Missouri, December 29, 2001
- High Wind in American Samoa, December 29 to 31, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Indiana, December 29, 2001
- High Surf in Hawaii, December 29 to 31, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 29 to 30, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Utah, December 29 to 30, 2001
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, December 29 to 31, 2001
- Heavy Snow in California, December 29 to 30, 2001
- Dense Fog in Idaho, December 29, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 29 to 30, 2001
- Blizzard in Alaska, December 29 to 30, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5276016, 5276017, 5276018.