Heavy Snow, Northern Oneida
- When
- January 22, 8:00 PM EST to January 23, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Oneida forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.242, -75.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in New York, January 22 to 23, 2004
A cold front passed through the region midday on the 22nd bringing another round of Arctic air to central New York. This bitter cold air created more lake effect snow off the east end of Lake Ontario.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- $40,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 passed through the region midday on the 22nd bringing another round of Arctic air to central New York. This bitter cold air created more lake effect snow off the east end of Lake Ontario. The snow was best organized and most intense the night of the 22nd into the 23rd. Snowfall rates were 1 to 2 inches per hour. The main west to east snow band started across northern Oneida County before slowly moving south into southern Oneida, Madison, and Onondaga Counties during the evening. The lake effect snow band continued into the 23rd before becoming less intense late morning on the 23rd. Snowfall amounts were mostly 6 to 12 inches across northern Onondaga County, northern Madison County, and much of Oneida County. Some higher amounts of around 20 inches were isolated across extreme northern Onondaga, and northern and western Oneida Counties.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Onondaga
- When
- January 23, 12:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Onondaga forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.006, -76.195 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern Oneida
- When
- January 23, 12:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Oneida forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.242, -75.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Madison
- When
- January 23, 6:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.913, -75.670 (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
- High Wind in California, January 22, 2004
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 22 to 23, 2004
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Michigan, January 22, 2004
- Frost and Freeze in California, January 22 to 23, 2004
- Dense Fog in California, January 22 to 24, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 22 to 23, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 22 to 23, 2004
- High Wind in Montana, January 22, 2004
- High Wind in Oregon, January 22 to 23, 2004
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 22 to 23, 2004
- Heavy Rain in Hawaii, January 22 to 23, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Hawaii, January 22 to 23, 2004
More
Every storm in New York in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, January 2004
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: 5382953, 5382955, 5382956, 5382954.