Heavy Snow in New York

Events

3,420

Deaths

10

Injuries

16

Damage

$130 million

• Blizzard and Heavy Snow in New York, February 22 to 23, 20266 deaths · 17 eventsLow pressure in the gulf states moved northeast and intensified along and off the Mid Atlantic coast with the consolidated of mid level energy resulting in a major Nor'easter which brought blizzard and near blizzard conditions to Southeastern New York.
• Heavy Snow in New York, March 6 to 7, 19963 deaths · 10 injured · 18 eventsA winter storm formed over the Carolinas and tracked up the coast, bringing heavy snow to central New York. Snowfall accumulations ranged from 6 to 12 inches by the time the snow tapered off on the evening of the 7th.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New York, February 22, 20082 deaths · 25 eventsA low pressure system tracked from the lower Ohio Valley east toward the Mid Atlantic coast during Friday, February 22nd, to a position off the New England coast by Saturday morning on February 23rd.
• Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in New York, April 4 to 5, 20031 death · $37 million · 11 eventsLow pressure over Illinois brought a mix of wintry weather to parts of the Genesee Valley, the Finger Lakes and the North Country. Across the North Country the precipitation mainly fell as snow mixed with sleet at times.
• Extreme Cold and Heavy Snow in New York, January 4 to 7, 20181 death · 44 eventsA deep upper level trough swept across the southern US and turned northeastward offshore of the east coast from the morning of January 3 through the morning of January 4, 2018.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New York, March 2, 20091 death · 4 injured · 11 eventsA strengthening low pressure system tracked northeast from the southeast coast on Sunday morning, March 1st, to just southeast of Long Island by Monday morning March 2nd. The low then headed northeast into the Canadian maritimes by Tuesday March 3rd.
• Heavy Snow in New York, November 20 to 22, 2000$47 million · 15 eventsCold air crossing the warm waters of Lakes Erie and Ontario resulted in lake effect squalls that dropped over two feet downwind of the lakes.Off Lake Erie, the squall developed around midday on the 20th in a southwest flow ahead of a cold front.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New York, December 16 to 17, 20201 death · 27 eventsAn area of low pressure tracked northward off the East Coast toward New York City on Wednesday, December 16, then eastward to just off Cape Cod on Thursday, December 17.
• Heavy Snow and High Wind in New York, March 13 to 14, 20101 death · 1 injured · $20,000 · 52 kt wind · 4 eventsA low pressure system developed over the mid Atlantic region Friday night, March 12th, then moved very gradually northward to the Delmarva region over the weekend. A very strong low level jet developed to the north of the low and tapped abundant moisture.
• Heavy Snow in New York, March 3 to 4, 19961 death · 1 injured · $13,000 · 5 eventsArctic air poured into central New York on gusty west winds producing lake effect snow squalls across the eastern Finger Lakes and western Mohawk Valley, and scattered snow showers elsewhere.
• Heavy Snow in New York, January 26 to 27, 20111 death · 17 eventsA period of moderate to heavy snow overspread the region Wednesday morning into Wednesday afternoon on January 26th in response to a subtropical moisture feed ahead of a Mid Atlantic low pressure system. This bout of snow produced 2 to 5 inches across the region.
• Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New York, March 7 to 8, 20181 death · 16 eventsA strong low pressure system developed along the Middle Atlantic coast during the morning of Wednesday, March 7, 2018. The low tracked along the coast through the early morning hours on Thursday, March 8, 2018.
• Heavy Snow in New York, March 1 to 2, 20091 death · 15 eventsA coastal low pressure system along the Outer Banks of North Carolina Sunday evening, March 1, tracked northeast, to east of Long Island by Monday afternoon, March 2. At the same time, arctic high pressure, from the upper midwest to James Bay, was gradually building east.
• Heavy Snow in New York, February 25 to 27, 20101 death · 15 eventsLow pressure rapidly deepened as it tracked north from the North Carolina coast Thursday morning the 25th of February to over the Tri-State area by Thursday evening. This was in response to a powerful upper level disturbance approaching the Eastern U.S coast.
• Heavy Snow in New York, February 17 to 18, 2003$20 million · 15 eventsWith an exceptionally strong high pressure system over New England, a low pressure system developed off the Mid Atlantic Coast. Periods of light snow developed as northeast winds increased to around 15 mph across the NYC Metro area Sunday afternoon, February 16th.
• Heavy Snow in New York, December 13, 20071 death · 12 eventsA low pressure system tracked from the southeast United States to off the Middle Atlantic coast. Light snow overspread central New York during the morning hours and became heavy through the afternoon before tapering off by early evening.
• Heavy Snow in New York, December 24 to 26, 2001$14 million · 4 eventsLake effect snowbands developed and persisted for an unprecedented five days meandering north and south across the region.
• Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in New York, January 31, 2002$7.7 million · 14 eventsA three to five inch snowfall overnight of the 30th-31st turned to freezing rain during the morning hours. Ice accumulations of one-half to three-quarters inch occurred. Hundreds of thousands were left without power as the heavy ice build-up downed trees and power lines.
• Heavy Snow in New York, January 3 to 4, 2003$6.0 million · 18 eventsA slow moving nor'easter moved from the southeast United States early on the 3rd to the Delmarva peninsula that evening. The storm then moved to the southeast New England coast the morning of the 4th.
• Heavy Snow in New York, January 15 to 25, 19992 injured · $1.9 million · 25 eventsNear record snowfalls of four to six feet across the region during the last part of December and first half of January put a strain on area buildings. Roof collapses and entire structure failures were numerous across the area.
• Blizzard and Heavy Snow in New York, March 4, 1999$5.5 million · 15 eventsDeep low pressure moved from West Virginia north across New York to Quebec, Canada. Heavy rain changed to heavy snow as cold air circulated into the region. Snow fell at the rate of two to three inches per hour.
• Heavy Snow in New York, March 16 to 17, 2004$3.4 million · 15 eventsA low pressure system strengthened over the mid-Mississippi valley, moved to the Virginias, then tracked northeast along the Atlantic coast. The late season storm produced ten to twenty inches of heavy, wet snow across much of the region.
• Heavy Snow in New York, February 17 to 18, 2003$2.6 million · 17 eventsA coastal storm moved slowly up the east coast on the 16th and early on the 17th. Late on the 17th the storm picked up speed to be well off the northeast coast. Snow spread into the southern Catskills of New York during the evening of the 16th.
• Heavy Snow in New York, March 6, 1999$2.7 million · 16 eventsA strong storm moved from Ohio to New England and dropped a general six to twelve inches of snow across the entire region. The snow fell just two days after much of the area was recovering from another major winter storm.
• Heavy Snow in New York, December 27 to 28, 2001$5.0 million · 3 eventsDuring the night of the 26th and daytime hours of the 27th, lake effect snowbands intensified over northern Jefferson county. On the 28th the snowband settled south across southern Jefferson and Lewis counties.

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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.