Heavy Snow, Oswego
- When
- December 19, 1:40 PM EST
- Where
- Oswego forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.464, -76.209 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in New York, December 19, 2003
An east-west band of snow developed off Lake Ontario and extended inland across Oswego county. The day-long event resulted in 12" of snow in Minetto and 11" in Oswego.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $10,000
- 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 BUF wrote it up.
An east-west band of snow developed off Lake Ontario and extended inland across Oswego county. The day-long event resulted in 12" of snow in Minetto and 11" in Oswego.
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
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, December 19 to 20, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, December 19 to 20, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 19, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 19 to 20, 2003
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, December 19 to 20, 2003
- Flooding in Connecticut, December 19 to 21, 2003
- Winter Weather in Georgia, December 19 to 20, 2003
More
Every storm in New York in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, December 2003
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: 5328323.