Heavy Snow, Northern Cayuga
- When
- March 1, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Cayuga forecast zone
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.010, -76.574 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in New York, March 1, 2001
A single lake effect snow band developed off Lake Ontario in a cold westerly flow. The heaviest snow fell within a 10-mile wide area where the band was most persistent from northeast Wayne county across Northern Cayuga and Oswego counties.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- $75,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
A single lake effect snow band developed off Lake Ontario in a cold westerly flow. The heaviest snow fell within a 10-mile wide area where the band was most persistent from northeast Wayne county across Northern Cayuga and Oswego counties. The Town of Martville, Cayuga county, reported 23" while Sodus, Hannibal, Fair Haven, Phoenix, Fulton and West Monroe all had between twelve and eighteen inches.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Oswego
- When
- March 1, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Oswego forecast zone
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.464, -76.209 (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
- Ice Storm in Kansas, March 1, 2001
- Rip Current in California, March 1, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, March 1 to 3, 2001
- Heavy Rain in Georgia, March 1 to 31, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Louisiana, March 1 to 3, 2001
- Dense Fog in Arizona, March 1, 2001
- Cold in West Virginia, March 1 to 31, 2001
- Drought in North Carolina, March 1 to 31, 2001
- Drought in South Carolina, March 1 to 31, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 1, 2001
- Drought in Texas, March 1 to 31, 2001
- Drought in Georgia, March 1 to 31, 2001
More
Every storm in New York in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, March 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: 5235834, 5235835.