Overview
- The National Weather Service measured 24.2 inches at Syracuse’s Hancock Airport on Tuesday, the city’s second-snowiest day on record, with 26.1 inches over Monday and Tuesday combined.
- NOAA data listed Syracuse as the snowiest location in the United States on Tuesday as narrow Lake Ontario bands delivered extreme, localized totals.
- A clipper system is expected to drop 2 to 4 inches across much of the Syracuse area tonight, with localized pockets near 5 inches south of the city, and dangerous, brief squalls possible.
- Parts of Central New York could see much higher totals today and tonight, including up to 17 inches in some areas, with Oswego County forecast for about 10 inches by day and 7 more at night.
- The storm strained local services and travel, with roughly a third of Syracuse streets unplowed, delayed trash pickup, widespread closures, crashes on major roads, and visibility cut by wind gusts over 50 mph.