Weather History for January 13

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Western New York Weather History

JANUARY 13

1993

12^th-13^th…A large low pressure system covered the Great Lakes region late on the 12th and early on the 13th. As the low moved east to the Atlantic Coast, a mix of snow and freezing rain fell across the area. Freezing rain coated trees and power lines with up to one-half inch of ice. Most schools were closed throughout the Finger Lakes Region. Residents were without power as limbs laden with ice downed electric and phone lines. Along the south shore of Lake Ontario, the freezing rain combined with two to four inch snowfalls. East of Lake Ontario the precipitation remained mainly snow with accumulations reaching eight to ten inches near Watertown.

1999

Isolated heavy lake snows developed in a weak northeast flow across Lake Ontario. The heaviest snows fell within a few miles of the lakeshore from Rochester to Oakville, Ontario. Five to seven inches was reported from Ontario, Webster and Greece. Four to six inches fell over Orleans and Niagara counties.

2000

Low pressure moved across Pennsylvania and brought a general snowfall of three to six inches of snow to the entire western New York area. Across the western southern tier and the higher elevations of the western Finger Lakes, snowfall totals reached twelve inches. Specific reports included: Springwater 13"; Strykersville 12"; Colden 9", Arkwright 8"; and Perrysburg 7". Several school districts in the southern tier cancelled classes.