| Weather Records for Utica, NY USA | December 2002 | ||||||
| Date | High | Low | Average | Liquid | Snowfall | Weather | Remarks |
| 1 | 30 | 17 | 24 | 0.03 | 4.0 | Snow | Lake effect snow |
| 2 | 28 | 13 | 21 | 0.04 | 3.7 | Snow | Snow tapered off in the evening; Low at 11:59 |
| 3 | 15 | -3 | 6 | Trace | 1.3 | Mostly sunny/Eve. Snow | Lake effect snow/Very fluffy snow |
| 4 | 23 | 2 | 13 | Trace | Trace | Snow Shrs/PM Sun | Weak lake band |
| 5 | 22 | 10 | 16 | 0.04 | 2.0 | Snow | |
| 6 | 29 | 16 | 23 | 0.00 | 2.0 | Snow early then Sunny | Great LES band over Tug Hill |
| 7 | 35 | 18 | 27 | 0.00 | 0.0 | Partly sunny | |
| 8 | 34 | 6 | 20 | 0.00 | 2.0 | Mostly cloudy/Snow late | Falling temps |
| 9 | 20 | -5 | 8 | 0.00 | 0.0 | Sunny | Record low; Coldest AM in almost 4 years! |
| 10 | 33 | 9 | 21 | 0.00 | 0.0 | Sunny | Some areas below zero |
| 11 | 32 | 15 | 24 | 0.33 | 3.0 | PM Frz.Rain/Sleet/Snow | |
| 12 | 35 | 30 | 33 | 0.18 | 1.0 | AM Snow/PM Clouds | |
| 13 | 36 | 32 | 34 | 0.16 | 0.0 | Cloudy | Rain late in evening |
| 14 | 38 | 32 | 35 | 0.48 | 0.0 | Cloudy/Rain | Rainy/Snow & cold air stayed too far N & W |
| 15 | 35 | 32 | 34 | 0.03 | Trace | Cloudy/Drizzle | Foggy |
| 16 | 33 | 12 | 23 | 0.11 | 3.0 | Snow | Mignight High/Falling temps/2"-4" total, some 8" |
| 17 | 22 | 2 | 12 | 0.00 | 0.0 | Sunny | Some below zero north |
| 18 | 26 | 2 | 14 | 0.00 | 0.0 | Sunny | |
| 19 | 34 | 19 | 27 | 0.00 | 0.0 | Partly sunny | |
| 20 | 46 | 34 | 40 | 0.22 | 0.0 | Rain showers | |
| 21 | 35 | 30 | 33 | 0.01 | 0.5 | Cloudy/Snow showers | 2" Smith Hill |
| 22 | 42 | 31 | 37 | Trace | Trace | A few light showers | |
| 23 | 33 | 29 | 31 | Trace | Trace | A few snow showers | Tug Hill/Castorland 18" w/Thunder & Lightning |
| 24 | 29 | 22 | 26 | 0.09 | 3.2 | AM Lake Snow/PM Clouds | 3"-7" Lake Effect Snow in North Country |
| 25 | 26 | 23 | 25 | 1.08 | 22.5 | VERY HEAVY SNOW | Most of MV & SV 20"-40"; Record 1 day storm! |
| 26 | 32 | 22 | 27 | Trace | Trace | Mostly cloudy/Flurries | |
| 27 | 29 | 24 | 27 | Trace | Trace | Cloudy/Flurries | |
| 28 | 33 | 25 | 29 | 0.01 | 0.2 | Cloudy/Flurries | |
| 29 | 34 | 2 | 18 | 0.03 | 0.4 | AM Flurries/PM Sun | |
| 30 | 26 | 17 | 22 | 0.02 | 0.7 | Snow/Mix late | |
| 31 | 42 | 25 | 34 | 0.23 | Trace | Mix to Occasional Rain | Minor AM Icing |
| TOT | 967 | 543 | 1510 | ||||
| AVG | 31.19 | 17.52 | 24.35 | 3.09 | 49.5 | ||
| DPT | -2.87 | -2.61 | -2.67 | -0.76 | 27.3 | ||