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Storm events on record through 30 Jun 2026

Winter events in Onondaga County, New York The winter events on record, by date and by year

This page is a county record of past events and claims. It does not show the flood zone or the risk of an address. For the flood map of an address, use FEMA's address search (opens in a new tab).

NCEI has 177 winter events on record for Onondaga County, New York, from 1996 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest winter event on record is on 11 Feb 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 44 winter events on record for the county.

The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.
The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.
Zone (NWS Forecast Zone): A zone is a geographic area defined by the NWS for issuing forecasts, watches, and warnings. While zones often align with counties, they can also represent smaller or subdivided areas within a county to account for differences in weather conditions, such as elevation or proximity to water. Larger-scale events—such as heat, cold, drought, and winter storms—are typically recorded by zone.
The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Date of the data: NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. Event types on this page: Winter Storm, Winter Weather, Heavy Snow, Blizzard, Ice Storm, Lake-Effect Snow, Sleet.

Newest winter events on record

Feb 11 2026

Lake-Effect Snow

On record for the forecast zone

Jan 25 2026

Winter Storm

On record for the forecast zone

Jan 15 2026

Lake-Effect Snow

On record for the forecast zone

Jan 2 2026

Lake-Effect Snow

On record for the forecast zone

Dec 29 2025

Winter Storm

On record for the forecast zone

Dec 26 2025

Winter Storm

On record for the forecast zone

Dec 11 2025

Lake-Effect Snow

On record for the forecast zone

Nov 28 2025

Lake-Effect Snow

On record for the forecast zone

Feb 18 2025

Lake-Effect Snow

On record for the forecast zone

Feb 16 2025

Lake-Effect Snow

On record for the forecast zone

Feb 13 2025

Lake-Effect Snow

On record for the forecast zone

Jan 14 2025

Lake-Effect Snow

On record for the forecast zone

Jan 1 2025

Lake-Effect Snow

On record for the forecast zone

Dec 4 2024

Heavy Snow

On record for the forecast zone

Mar 22 2024

Heavy Snow

On record for the forecast zone

Feb 28 2024

Lake-Effect Snow

On record for the forecast zone

Jan 6 2024

Heavy Snow

On record for the forecast zone

Mar 13 2023

Heavy Snow

On record for the forecast zone

Dec 15 2022

Winter Storm

On record for the forecast zone

Mar 27 2022

Lake-Effect Snow

On record for the forecast zone

Feb 3 2022

Heavy Snow

On record for the forecast zone

Nov 22 2021

Lake-Effect Snow

On record for the forecast zone

Feb 19 2021

Lake-Effect Snow

On record for the forecast zone

Feb 1 2021

Winter Storm

On record for the forecast zone

Dec 29 2020

Lake-Effect Snow

On record for the forecast zone

A place is the text of the NCEI record: a distance and a direction from a reference place. The site does not show a place text that names a private property or reads as a person. NCEI gives no magnitude for this hazard.

Winter events by year

Winter events on record for Onondaga County by year, 1950 to 2026
Decade	Year that ends in 0	Year that ends in 1	Year that ends in 2	Year that ends in 3	Year that ends in 4	Year that ends in 5	Year that ends in 6	Year that ends in 7	Year that ends in 8	Year that ends in 9	All
1950s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990s	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	7	4	7	28
2000s	15	9	5	6	4	8	3	12	7	4	73
2010s	5	3	4	7	5	4	4	5	6	6	49
2020s	3	3	3	1	4	9	4 (part of the year)				27

A darker cell has a larger count. The number is in each cell.

Winter storm, snow and ice events are on record from 1996. The year 2026 has the events through 30 Jun 2026 only.

By month, all years

Jan46 events
Feb46 events
Mar23 events
Apr4 events
May3 events
Jun0 events
Jul0 events
Aug0 events
Sep0 events
Oct1 event
Nov12 events
Dec42 events

Beside the other counties

Winter events on record: Onondaga County beside the total of the counties of New York and of the United States
Measure	Onondaga	All counties of New York	All counties of the United States
Winter events, 1996 to 2026	177	5,007	185,985
Events for each 100 square miles	22.7	10.6	5.3
Events for each 10,000 residents	3.7	2.5	5.6

The columns for the state and the United States total the counties. They count the events of each county in the same way as the county column. A forecast zone with another name than a county counts for the state only.

More winter events on record

Winter events on record for Onondaga County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	Deaths	Injuries	On record for
19 Feb 2020	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
7 Feb 2020	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
1 Dec 2019	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
1 Apr 2019	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
31 Mar 2019	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
25 Feb 2019	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
19 Jan 2019	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
9 Jan 2019	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
15 Nov 2018	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
13 Mar 2018	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
2 Mar 2018	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
7 Feb 2018	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
12 Jan 2018	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
4 Jan 2018	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
12 Dec 2017	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
19 Nov 2017	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
14 Mar 2017	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
12 Feb 2017	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
9 Feb 2017	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
15 Dec 2016	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
19 Nov 2016	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
17 Jan 2016	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
13 Jan 2016	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
14 Feb 2015	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
8 Feb 2015	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
1 Feb 2015	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
5 Jan 2015	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
9 Dec 2014	Winter Storm	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
12 Mar 2014	Winter Storm	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
13 Feb 2014	Winter Storm	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
5 Feb 2014	Winter Storm	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
1 Jan 2014	Winter Storm	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
23 Nov 2013	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
1 Apr 2013	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
20 Feb 2013	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
8 Feb 2013	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
4 Feb 2013	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
1 Feb 2013	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
20 Jan 2013	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
26 Dec 2012	Winter Storm	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
22 Dec 2012	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
13 Jan 2012	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
2 Jan 2012	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
6 Mar 2011	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
25 Feb 2011	Winter Storm	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
16 Jan 2011	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
14 Dec 2010	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
4 Dec 2010	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
25 Feb 2010	Winter Storm	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
28 Jan 2010	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
2 Jan 2010	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
28 Dec 2009	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
20 Feb 2009	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
27 Jan 2009	Winter Storm	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
8 Jan 2009	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
31 Dec 2008	Winter Storm	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
22 Dec 2008	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
19 Dec 2008	Winter Storm	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
11 Dec 2008	Winter Storm	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
21 Nov 2008	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
7 Mar 2008	Winter Storm	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
26 Feb 2008	Winter Storm	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
15 Dec 2007	Winter Storm	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
13 Dec 2007	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
3 Dec 2007	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
15 Apr 2007	Winter Storm	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
2 Mar 2007	Ice Storm	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
15 Feb 2007	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	$20 thousand	0	0	Forecast zone
13 Feb 2007	Winter Storm	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
8 Feb 2007	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	$20 thousand	0	0	Forecast zone
29 Jan 2007	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
19 Jan 2007	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
15 Jan 2007	Ice Storm	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
9 Jan 2007	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
7 Dec 2006	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
18 Feb 2006	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
7 Feb 2006	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
16 Dec 2005	Heavy Snow	not recorded	$20 thousand	0	0	Forecast zone
7 Dec 2005	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	$5 thousand	0	0	Forecast zone
2 Dec 2005	Lake-Effect Snow	not recorded	$10 thousand	0	0	Forecast zone
25 Oct 2005	Winter Weather	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
1 Mar 2005	Heavy Snow	not recorded	$20 thousand	0	0	Forecast zone
18 Feb 2005	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
22 Jan 2005	Heavy Snow	not recorded	$40 thousand	0	0	Forecast zone
20 Jan 2005	Heavy Snow	not recorded	$10 thousand	0	0	Forecast zone
16 Mar 2004	Heavy Snow	not recorded	$20 thousand	0	0	Forecast zone
3 Feb 2004	Heavy Snow	not recorded	$10 thousand	0	0	Forecast zone
31 Jan 2004	Heavy Snow	not recorded	$50 thousand	0	0	Forecast zone
23 Jan 2004	Heavy Snow	not recorded	$10 thousand	0	0	Forecast zone
18 Dec 2003	Heavy Snow	not recorded	$20 thousand	0	0	Forecast zone
14 Dec 2003	Heavy Snow	not recorded	$30 thousand	0	0	Forecast zone
4 Apr 2003	Ice Storm	not recorded	$7.0 million	0	0	Forecast zone
17 Feb 2003	Heavy Snow	not recorded	$25 thousand	0	0	Forecast zone
12 Feb 2003	Heavy Snow	not recorded	$50 thousand	0	0	Forecast zone
3 Jan 2003	Heavy Snow	not recorded	$300 thousand	0	0	Forecast zone
25 Dec 2002	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
1 Dec 2002	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
30 Nov 2002	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
1 Feb 2002	Winter Storm	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
31 Jan 2002	Winter Storm	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
12 Mar 2001	Ice Storm	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
9 Mar 2001	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
4 Mar 2001	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
1 Mar 2001	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
28 Feb 2001	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
25 Feb 2001	Ice Storm	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
2 Feb 2001	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
9 Jan 2001	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
1 Jan 2001	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
31 Dec 2000	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
30 Dec 2000	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
27 Dec 2000	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
26 Dec 2000	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
20 Dec 2000	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
13 Dec 2000	Winter Storm	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
5 Dec 2000	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
21 Nov 2000	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
18 Feb 2000	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
13 Feb 2000	Ice Storm	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
1 Feb 2000	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
30 Jan 2000	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
25 Jan 2000	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
20 Jan 2000	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
12 Jan 2000	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
26 Dec 1999	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
29 Nov 1999	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
21 Mar 1999	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
6 Mar 1999	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
13 Jan 1999	Winter Storm	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
8 Jan 1999	Winter Storm	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
2 Jan 1999	Ice Storm	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
20 Mar 1998	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
14 Mar 1998	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
24 Feb 1998	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
23 Jan 1998	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
29 Dec 1997	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
10 Dec 1997	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
6 Dec 1997	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
14 Nov 1997	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
24 Feb 1997	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
16 Jan 1997	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
6 Jan 1997	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
25 Dec 1996	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
11 Nov 1996	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
31 May 1996	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
31 May 1996	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
11 May 1996	Winter Weather	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
6 Mar 1996	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	1	1	Forecast zone
3 Mar 1996	Heavy Snow	not recorded	$8 thousand	0	0	Forecast zone
12 Feb 1996	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
10 Jan 1996	Heavy Snow	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
2 Jan 1996	Heavy Snow	not recorded	$5 thousand	0	0	Forecast zone

The table has all other events on record. A damage figure is an estimate in the NCEI record.

Official channels

NCEI Storm Events Database (opens in a new tab)Search the full NCEI record by state, county and date.
National Weather Service: Binghamton, NY (opens in a new tab)The forecast office that issues the weather warnings for the county.
FEMA Flood Map Service Center: Search By Address (opens in a new tab)Search an address to see its flood map. This site has no flood-zone data.

These links open the pages of the agencies. The site checked the links on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

County Hazards. "Winter events on record for Onondaga County, New York". https://countyhazards.com/county/ny/onondaga/winter/. Data: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through 30 Jun 2026. Page made on 2 Oct 2026.

Questions

Which month has the most winter events on record for Onondaga County?: January has 46 of the 177 winter events on record from 1996 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many winter events are on record for New York?: NCEI has 13,456 winter events on record for New York from 1996 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Onondaga County compare with the other counties of New York?: The counties of New York have 10.6 winter events for each 100 square miles. Onondaga County has 22.7.
Why are some winter events on record for a forecast zone?: NCEI records some event types for a National Weather Service forecast zone and not for a county. This page counts a zone event when the zone has the name of the county.