Name: Heavy Snow in New York, February 26 to 27, 2008
Start: 2008-02-26T07:00
End: 2008-02-27T04:00
Location: New York

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $80,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 8

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.

Low pressure moved from southern Pennsylvania to southern New England and spread a blanket of snow across the western southern tier and Finger Lakes regions of New York. Area-wide, snowfalls of eight to twelve inches were reported. Several automobile accidents were blamed on wintry conditions.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Buffalo, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 25, 6:45 PM EST, 12 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 6:45 PM EST, 12 hours 15 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

8 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Monroe

When: February 26, 7:00 AM EST to February 27, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Monroe forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.165, -77.636 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Wayne

When: February 26, 7:00 AM EST to February 27, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Wayne forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.066, -76.978 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Wyoming

When: February 26, 7:00 AM EST to February 27, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Wyoming forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 42.702, -78.224 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Livingston

When: February 26, 7:00 AM EST to February 27, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Livingston forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 42.728, -77.775 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Ontario

When: February 26, 7:00 AM EST to February 27, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Ontario forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 42.853, -77.300 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Chautauqua

When: February 26, 7:00 AM EST to February 27, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Chautauqua forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 42.303, -79.406 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Cattaraugus

When: February 26, 7:00 AM EST to February 27, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Cattaraugus forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 42.249, -78.679 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Allegany

When: February 26, 7:00 AM EST to February 27, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Allegany forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 42.257, -78.028 (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

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Every storm in New York in 2008 Every state in 2008 This day in weather history Warnings in New York, February 2008

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: 83022, 83023, 83024, 83025, 83026, 83027, 83028, 83029.