Winter Weather — Northern Franklin, New York

2023-12-10 to 2023-12-11 · Northern Franklin, New York

Event narrative

A heavy, wet snow accumulated 3 to 8 inches across Franklin county with the heaviest across elevations above 1200 feet.

Wider weather episode

A slow moving cold front meandered across northern NY during the afternoon and evening hours of December 10th with a weak area of low pressure developing along that front and moving across eastern Massachusetts during the December 11th.

A mild, wet December 10th slowly turned snowy from west to east and higher elevations to lower elevations during the evening and overnight hours of December 10th before ending by midday on December 11th. Snow was heaviest in elevations above 1500 feet in western Essex county which led to approximately 2000 customers without power and hazardous travel.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1144257. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.