Lake-Effect Snow, Northern Herkimer
- When
- February 26, 7:00 PM EST to February 27, 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Herkimer forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 43.420, -74.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lake-Effect Snow in New York, February 26 to 27, 2022
A nearly stationary band of lake-effect snow produced snowfall amounts of 7 to 9 inches across portions of northern Herkimer and Hamilton counties during the morning and early afternoon hours on Sunday, February 28, 2022. An approaching cold front with snow showers brought an end to the event.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
A nearly stationary band of lake-effect snow produced snowfall amounts of 7 to 9 inches across portions of northern Herkimer and Hamilton counties during the morning and early afternoon hours on Sunday, February 28, 2022. An approaching cold front with snow showers brought an end to the event.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 lake-effect snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Lake-Effect Snow, Hamilton
- When
- February 26, 7:00 PM EST to February 27, 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Hamilton forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.661, -74.497 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Lake-Effect Snow
- Heavy snow in bands downwind of a large lake as cold air crosses warmer water.
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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: 1008898, 1008899.