Winter Weather — Southern Franklin, New York

2025-11-27 · Southern Franklin, New York

Event narrative

A general 3 to 7 inches of snow fell across the region with 7-8 inches in Tupper Lake, 5 inches in Paul Smiths and 3 to 4 inches in Saranac Lake.

Wider weather episode

A cold front moved across northern NY during the evening hours of November 26th, setting up a uniformed, cold fetch of west-southwest winds across Lake Ontario. A lake effect snow band developed off of Lake Ontario during the night of 11/26 and moved into the Adirondacks of SE St. Lawrence and southern Franklin counties shortly after midnight on the 27th.

The lake effect snow band primarily remained across the are through the 27th (Thanksgiving) before shifting south of the region late in the evening. Snowfall totals ranged from 3 to 7 inches across southern Franklin county with 5 to 9 inches across SE St. Lawrence county.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1295939. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.