New York, 2022

Winter Storm in New York, March 26 to 27, 2022

March 26 to 27, 2022 · NWS BUF · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

A deep upper trough rotated through the lower Great Lakes with successive short wave troughs running through the amplified upper level flow. This brought a period of prolonged snows to the area with embedded heavier elements that were enhanced by lake effect and upslope snow processes.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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 BUF wrote it up.

A deep upper trough rotated through the lower Great Lakes with successive short wave troughs running through the amplified upper level flow. This brought a period of prolonged snows to the area with embedded heavier elements that were enhanced by lake effect and upslope snow processes. Snow accumulations were highly elevation dependent, and due to the orientation of the cold air over the area, this meant that areas in the higher terrain east of Lake Erie were the epicenter of heavy snowfall. Selected accumulations included 11.5 inches in Forestville, 11 inches in Cherry Creek, 13 inches in South Dayton, 10.3 inches in Colden, and 11.5 inches in East Concord.

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 Buffalo, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 26, 4:34 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 4:34 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

3 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Southern Erie

When
March 26, 6:00 PM EST to March 27, 8:00 PM EST
Where
Southern Erie forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
42.758, -78.780 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Cattaraugus

When
March 26, 6:00 PM EST to March 27, 8:00 PM EST
Where
Cattaraugus forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
42.249, -78.679 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Chautauqua

When
March 26, 6:00 PM EST to March 27, 8:00 PM EST
Where
Chautauqua forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
42.303, -79.406 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Winter Storm
A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in New York in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, March 2022

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1016727, 1016728, 1016729.