Winter Weather, Southern Herkimer
- When
- January 17, 12:00 AM EST to 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Herkimer forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.420, -74.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in New York, January 17, 2012
Mixed precipitation occurred across east central New York on Tuesday, January 17th, as a low pressure system approached from the Great Lakes region. The precipitation started out as snow, and then as warmer air moved in aloft a wintry mix occurred including sleet and freezing rain.
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
- None recorded
- 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 ALY wrote it up.
Mixed precipitation occurred across east central New York on Tuesday, January 17th, as a low pressure system approached from the Great Lakes region. The precipitation started out as snow, and then as warmer air moved in aloft a wintry mix occurred including sleet and freezing rain. Once surface temperatures rose to above the freezing mark, the precipitation changed to plain rain. However, surface temperatures failed to warm across a portion of southern Herkimer County, resulting in a longer period of freezing rain with up to a quarter of an inch of ice accretion. Numerous accidents were reported in Little Falls, Frankfort Center and in the Town of Schuyler due to the icy conditions.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, January 17, 2012
- Tornado in Mississippi, January 17, 2012
- Cold in Minnesota, January 17, 2012
- Damaging Winds in New York, January 17, 2012
- High Wind in New York, January 17 to 18, 2012
- Tornadoes and Flood in Indiana, January 17 to 18, 2012
- Damaging Winds and Strong Wind in Kentucky, January 17, 2012
- Tornado in Tennessee, January 17, 2012
- High Wind and Strong Wind in New York, January 17 to 18, 2012
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Ohio, January 17, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, January 17, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, January 17, 2012
More
Every storm in New York in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, January 2012
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: 355738.