New York, 2018

Heavy Snow in New York, February 4, 2018

February 4, 2018 · NWS BGM · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

An area of low pressure tracked across the Great Lakes on Sunday the 4th as another area of low pressure moved up the east coast reaching the New England coast by the early morning hours on the 5th. The low pressure over the Great Lakes eventually merged with the low moving up the east coast.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
5

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 BGM wrote it up.

An area of low pressure tracked across the Great Lakes on Sunday the 4th as another area of low pressure moved up the east coast reaching the New England coast by the early morning hours on the 5th. The low pressure over the Great Lakes eventually merged with the low moving up the east coast. This brought a widespread snow to a large part of north central New York from the early morning hours on the 4th to the evening of the 4th. Snowfall totals ranged from 6 to 12 inches with locally up to 17 inches.

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 Binghamton, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 4, 2:56 AM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 2:56 AM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Madison

When
February 4, 4:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where
Madison forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
42.913, -75.670 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Snowfall totals ranged from 5 to 9 inches.

Heavy Snow, Otsego

When
February 4, 4:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where
Otsego forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
42.634, -75.033 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Snowfall totals ranged from 7 to 9 inches.

Heavy Snow, Chenango

When
February 4, 4:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where
Chenango forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
42.494, -75.612 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Snowfall totals ranged from 6 to 9 inches.

Heavy Snow, Delaware

When
February 4, 4:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where
Delaware forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
42.198, -74.966 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Snowfall totals ranged from 6 to 9 inches.

Heavy Snow, Northern Oneida

When
February 4, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where
Northern Oneida forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
43.242, -75.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Snowfall totals ranged from 6 to 12 inches with as much as 17 inches near Woodgate.

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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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: 741906, 741907, 741908, 741910, 741905.