Prolonged Periods of Unsettled Weather into Early Next Week

Showers and thunderstorms with heavy rainfall, with a few thunderstorms being severe, are expected over portions of the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic States through Monday. Across the Rockies and Intermountain West, a storm system will bring showers, thunderstorms and high elevation snow. Read More >

Western New York Weather History

JANUARY 11

1991

Low pressure tracked north from Kentucky and spread heavy snow across the area. Snowfall amounts ranged from four to seven inches. The snow then combined with freezing rain over the western portions during the afternoon and evening and scattered power outages resulted from lines being downed by the weight of the ice. Police agencies through western and central New York reported slippery roads and numerous accidents caused by freezing rain and snow. The treacherous mixture of precipitation forced numerous schools to cancel classes. Some reported snowfalls: Watertown, Jefferson county, 6"; Rochester, Monroe county, 5"; Little Genesee, Allegany county, 6".

1999

The fifth lake effect episode in three weeks began as a cold front approaching western New York. A general one to three inch snowfall was enhanced by flow of Lakes Erie and Ontario. Five to seven inches of snow fell across Niagara county before the activity consolidated into a squall-like band that settled across the Buffalo area. The band shifted south dropping up to 10" over Perrysburg. Specific snowfall amounts reported: Watertown 12"; Fulton 10", Boston 8" and Ripley 7".

2003

A sharp cold front crossed western and central New York late on the 10th. Lake effect snow developed overnight in the cold, westerly flow. The activity began in a fairly broad area at first covering southern Erie and Wyoming counties off Lake Erie and southern Jefferson and northern Lewis counties off Lake Ontario . Very intense single bands set up during the morning of the 11th. Accumlations of two to four inches an hour were common off Lake Erie and three to five inches an hour off Lake Ontario . The snows weakened during the evening of the 11th. Specific snowfall reports received were: off Lake Erie --Perrysburg 26"; Sinclairville 22"; Bennington 20"; and off Lake Ontario --Highmarket and North Osceola 51 inches.