Heavy Snow, Schuyler
- When
- March 30, 6:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Schuyler forecast zone
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.394, -76.875 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in New York, March 30, 2003
A cold front with rain moved through upstate New York the morning of the 29th. This front stalled on the east coast later that day and into the 30th.
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
- $20,000
- 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 BGM wrote it up.
A cold front with rain moved through upstate New York the morning of the 29th. This front stalled on the east coast later that day and into the 30th. A storm moved slowly up the front on the 30th. This brought snow to Schuyler County which started around 6 AM. Snowfall totals from two snow spotters and one cooperative observer were all around 7 inches for the storm.
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
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- Strong Wind in Georgia, March 30, 2003
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 30 to 31, 2003
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, March 30, 2003
- Winter Storm in New York, March 30 to 31, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, March 30, 2003
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, March 30 to 31, 2003
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, March 30, 2003
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, March 30, 2003
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, March 30, 2003
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, March 30, 2003
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, March 30, 2003
More
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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: 5350230.