Heavy Snow, Chautauqua
- When
- February 18, 12:15 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Chautauqua forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.303, -79.406 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in New York, February 18, 2005
Arctic air deepened across the area on the 17th. As night fell the instability over land waned but lake snow bands consolidated near the lake shores.
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
- $20,000
- 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 BUF wrote it up.
Arctic air deepened across the area on the 17th. As night fell the instability over land waned but lake snow bands consolidated near the lake shores. Off Lake Erie, reports included 11" at Ellicottville, 9" at Stockton, 8" at Perrysburg, and 7" at South Dayton. Off Lake Ontario, 10" fell at Phoenix and 8" was reported from Fair Haven and Hannibal.
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, Cattaraugus
- When
- February 18, 6:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Cattaraugus forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.249, -78.679 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Oswego
- When
- February 18, 8:30 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Oswego forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.464, -76.209 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Northern Cayuga
- When
- February 18, 11:35 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Cayuga forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.010, -76.574 (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
- Heavy Rain in California, February 18 to 23, 2005
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 18 to 21, 2005
- Heavy Rain in California, February 18 to 19, 2005
- Winter Weather in Colorado, February 18 to 21, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 18 to 20, 2005
- Heavy Rain in California, February 18, 2005
- Winter Weather in Utah, February 18 to 20, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 18 to 20, 2005
- Flooding in Illinois, February 18 to 25, 2005
- Heavy Snow in California, February 18, 2005
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, February 18, 2005
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 18 to 19, 2005
More
Every storm in New York in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, February 2005
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: 5437547, 5437833, 5437545, 5437546.