A slow moving storm in the Great Lakes region delivered mild, moist air into a unseasonably cold, dry airmass across New York during the afternoon and evening of April 6th. Snow developed during the afternoon hours and remained nearly stationary across the Canadian border through the evening and night hours.
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.
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.
The episode as NWS BTV wrote it up.
A slow moving storm in the Great Lakes region delivered mild, moist air into a unseasonably cold, dry airmass across New York during the afternoon and evening of April 6th. Snow developed during the afternoon hours and remained nearly stationary across the Canadian border through the evening and night hours. Snowfall ranged from less than an inch across the southern Champlain Valley and St. Lawrence Valley to 4 to 6 inches along the Canadian border in Clinton county.
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 Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 6, 2:56 PM EST, 4 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 325 AM EDT WED APR 6 2016 NYZ028-035-VTZ001-002-005-009-011-070730- EASTERN CLINTON-EASTERN ESSEX-GRAND ISLE-WESTERN FRANKLIN- WESTERN CHITTENDEN-WESTERN ADDISON-WESTERN RUTLAND- 325 AM EDT WED APR 6 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH, WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT IN THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NYZ026-027-029>031-034-087-VTZ003-004-006>008-010-012-016>019-070730- NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-WESTERN ESSEX- SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-ORLEANS-ESSEX-LAMOILLE-CALEDONIA- WASHINGTON-ORANGE-WINDSOR-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN- EASTERN ADDISON-EASTERN RUTLAND- 325 AM EDT WED APR 6 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Three to six inches of snow fell across Clinton county with the greatest along the Canadian border and higher elevations. Some specfifcs include 7 inches in Cadyville, 6 inches in Altona, 5 inches in Plattsburgh and 3 inches in Peru.
Three to six inches of snow fell across Clinton county with the greatest along the Canadian border and higher elevations. Some specfifcs include 7 inches in Cadyville, 6 inches in Altona, 5 inches in Plattsburgh and 3 inches in Peru.
Two to four inches of snow fell across Franklin county.
Two to four inches of snow fell across Franklin county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, April 2016
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: 618334, 618335, 618336, 618337.