Winter Storm — Southwestern St. Lawrence, New York

2022-02-03 to 2022-02-04 · Southwestern St. Lawrence, New York

Event narrative

Total snowfall ranged from 5 to 10 inches with much of this falling in the late evening of February 3rd to around daybreak on February 4th.

Wider weather episode

An arctic front draped across northern NY and the VT-Canadian border on February 3rd slowly drifted south across much of NY and the VT/MA border by late in the day of February 4th. Light precipitation moved across northern NY during the morning and early afternoon hours of February 3rd with primarily snow in the St. Lawrence River valley and the Adirondacks' with light rain to light snow in the Champlain Valley.

However, during the late evening and overnight hours of February 3rd into the midday hours of February 4th, a series of weak low pressure areas moved northeast along the aforementioned boundary and brought steadier, heavier precipitation in the form of snow across northern NY, especially the Adirondacks and Champlain Valley.

Storm total snowfall ranged from 6 to 10 inches across the St. Lawrence valley to 10 to 16 inches across the Adirondacks and the Champlain Valley.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 995753. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.