Heavy Snow, Onondaga
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Onondaga forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.006, -76.195 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in New York, December 1, 2002
A strong cold front moved through central New York during the evening of November 30th. This brought another blast of arctic air.
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 BGM wrote it up.
A strong cold front moved through central New York during the evening of November 30th. This brought another blast of arctic air. Lake effect snow moved into northern Onondaga County late on the 30th. It continued well into the first of December. The snow was heavy at times accumulating 6 to 10 inches across northern Onondaga County. Locations which had this snowfall included Syracuse, North Syracuse, Clay, Camillus, and Lysander.
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
- Drought in Nebraska, December 1 to 31, 2002
- Dense Fog in California, December 1 to 9, 2002
- Drought in Kansas, December 1 to 31, 2002
- Dense Fog in Washington, December 1, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 1, 2002
- Drought in U.S. Virgin Islands, December 1 to 31, 2002
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 1 to 2, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, December 1, 2002
- Drought in Kansas, December 1 to 31, 2002
- Drought in New Mexico, December 1 to 31, 2002
- Drought in Colorado, December 1 to 31, 2002
- Rip Current in Guam, December 1, 2002
More
Every storm in New York in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, December 2002
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: 5324898.