JANUARY 29
1993
A west to northwest flow of very cold air across the open waters of
Lake Ontario again produced lake effect snow showers and squalls.
Snowfalls of six inches were recorded in southern Oswego county while
to the north, up to seventeen inches of snow fell at Boonville and
over portions of the Eastern Lake Ontario Counties. In addition to the
snowfall, the gusty winds caused considerable blowing and drifting,
lowering visibilities to near zero at times.
2004
28TH-31ST...A strong
trough crossed the lower
Great Lakes
region. The well-aligned northwest
flow kicked off an intense band of lake effect snow over
Oswego
county. The band remained nearly
stationary for 36 to 42 hours. Four to five feet of snow fell in a
narrow section of central
Oswego
county by Friday afternoon (the
30th). The band drifted north into southern Lewis and extreme southern
Jefferson counties for awhile Friday night, before drifting back south
across Monroe, Wayne and northern Cayuga counties on Saturday the
31st. Specific snowfall totals included: 86" in Parish; 58"
in Constantia; 56" in West Monroe; 51" in North Osceola;
48" in Oswego; and 40" in Fulton. The weight of this snow,
as well as previous lake effect storms during the month, caused
several buildings to collapse in Monroe and Wayne counties. In
Wayne
county, about 25 boats were damaged
in Sodus Point when the roofed caved in on a large storage building.
Because of the heavy lake effect snows throughout the month of
January,
Oswego
,
Jefferson
and Cayuga counties were declared
State and Federal Disaster areas. Off
Lake Erie
, snowfalls were limited by the ice
cover on the lake. Lake effect snow prevailed over the higher
elevations south of
Buffalo
from late Wednesday (28th) into
Friday. Reported snowfall totals included: 18" at Orangeville;
14" at
Warsaw
and Arkwright; 12" at
South Wales
; and 8" at Perrysburg.
