A strong cold front crossed central New York on Saturday afternoon the 19th. Much colder air followed this front and was accompanied by several inches of snow, especially over the higher terrain.
Every event with a place to put it; 15 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 BGM wrote it up.
A strong cold front crossed central New York on Saturday afternoon the 19th. Much colder air followed this front and was accompanied by several inches of snow, especially over the higher terrain. A slow-moving upper air low, which followed this front, slowly tracked across New York into northern New England from Sunday the 20th to Tuesday the 22nd. A northwest flow of cold moist air around this upper level low combined with moisture from the Great Lakes leading to a prolonged period of heavy lake effect snow. The lake effect snow affected an unusually large part of central New York including the southern tier counties, which typically do not see heavy lake effect snow. Hardest hit areas in central New York saw between 2 and 3 feet of snow over a 4 day period between November 19th and 22nd. At the Greater Binghamton Airport, 27.6 inches of snow fell in this period which was a record snowstorm. The heaviest lake effect snow affected the southern tier region on Sunday afternoon and night and then affected areas between Binghamton and Syracuse Monday into Monday night. All the snow tapered down on Tuesday the 22nd by midday.
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 Binghamton, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 19, 4:53 PM EST, 7 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 409 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 NYZ024-055-056-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-202115- CHEMUNG-TIOGA-BROOME-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE- WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 409 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO A PERIOD OF SNOW TONIGHT. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. NYZ009-017-018-036-037-044-045-202115- NORTHERN ONEIDA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA- CORTLAND-CHENANGO- 409 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. NYZ046-057-202115- OTSEGO-DELAWARE- 409 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. NYZ015-016-022-023-025-202115- YATES-SENECA-STEUBEN-SCHUYLER-TOMPKINS- 409 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
15 lake-effect snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Snowfall totals ranged from 8 to 16 inches in most of the county.
Snowfall totals ranged from 8 to 16 inches in the south, to between 1 and 2 feet in the north.
Snowfall totals ranged from 12 to 19 inches in most areas.
Snowfall totals ranged from 20 to 30 inches with 32.4 inches reported in Auburn.
Snowfall totals ranged from 8 to 16 inches in the northern part of the county. Much less snow fell south to the Pennsylvania border.
Snowfall totals ranged from 8 to 16 inches in most areas with Caroline seeing up to 28 inches of snow.
Record snowstorm at the Greater Binghamton Airport occurred over a 4 day period with a storm total snowfall of 27.6 inches. Much of Broome county saw between 1 and 2 feet of snow.
Snowfall totals ranged from 10 to 20 inches in most areas with over 2 feet in the higher terrain of the northwest part of Chenango County.
Snowfall totals ranged from 1 to 2 feet in most areas with up to 29.2 inches in the Cortland area.
Snowfall totals ranged from 10 to 18 feet in most areas with up to 18.6 inches in the Delhi area.
Snowfall totals ranged from 18 to 36 inches in the western and central parts of the county with 12 to 18 inches in the southeast.
Snowfall totals ranged from 1 to 2 feet in the northeast part of the county with 2 to 3 feet in the northwest part of the county.
Snowfall totals ranged from 20 to 30 inches in most of the county with close to 3 feet in the far east.
Snowfall totals ranged from 8 to 16 inches.
Snowfall totals ranged from 10 to 20 inches in most of the 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, November 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: 668260, 668262, 668267, 668263, 668265, 668266, 668246, 668247, 668251, 668253, 668254, 668256, 668258, 668264, 668259.