| Weather Records for Utica, NY USA | December 2008 | ||||||||
| Date | High | Low | Average | Liquid | Snowfall | Weather | Remarks | ||
| 1 | 50 | 37 | 44 | 0.17 | 0.0 | Brilliant Sunshine! | Pre-Dawn Rain…sun..clouds late | ||
| 2 | 40 | 30 | 35 | 0.04 | Trace | AM Snow Showers | Heavy lake snow well north of Boonville | ||
| 3 | 41 | 23 | 32 | 0.00 | 0.0 | Sun/Few Clouds | |||
| 4 | 43 | 32 | 38 | 0.11 | 0.0 | AM Rain/Frz Rain, PM LES | Heavy lake snow developed north late in the day | ||
| 5 | 31 | 22 | 27 | 0.03 | Trace | Lake Snow North | 2-8" in the N country, but 15-30" in Oswego County (Redfield) | ||
| 6 | 30 | 17 | 24 | Trace | 1.0 | AM Sunshine, PM snow | |||
| 7 | 30 | 11 | 21 | Trace | 2.5 | Blowing Snow | LES/Whiteout conditions, Parts of Rt 12 shut down | ||
| 8 | 17 | -3 | 7 | 0.00 | 0.0 | Record Cold | -15 Old Forge, -10 to -15 most of North Country | ||
| 9 | 49 | 16 | 33 | 0.40 | 1.0 | AM Snow/PM Rain | Few icy spots with a little sleet/Frz Rain early | ||
| 10 | 55 | 24 | 40 | 0.33 | Trace | Rain to Frz Rain/Snow | Black ice a problem after 2 PM | ||
| 11 | 32 | 24 | 28 | 0.01 | 3.0 | Snow/Sleet Develop | Freezing Rain in Otsego County | ||
| 12 | 35 | 16 | 26 | Trace | 5.2 | Winter Storm | 7-11" Mohawk Valley/4-8" elsewhere, 1/4" ice/some snow well south | ||
| 13 | 22 | -3 | 10 | 0.00 | 0.0 | Sunny | AM lows of -10 to +5 | ||
| 14 | 39 | 21 | 30 | 0.05 | 0.0 | Mostly cloudy | Light freezing rain east | ||
| 15 | 57 | 37 | 47 | 0.41 | 0.0 | Cloudy, PM Rain | Record Warmth | ||
| 16 | 33 | 25 | 29 | Trace | Trace | Cloudy/Snow LatePM | |||
| 17 | 36 | 24 | 30 | 0.08 | 3.0 | Moderate Snow/Sleet | Snow mixing with sleet overnight into the morning | ||
| 18 | 34 | 30 | 32 | 0.06 | Trace | Mostly Cloudy | |||
| 19 | 29 | 19 | 24 | Trace | 8.5 | Heavy Snow | 5-10" areawide, 1-2"/hr rates, thunder snow in spots | ||
| 20 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 0.02 | 1.0 | Partly sunny | |||
| 21 | 28 | 14 | 21 | Trace | 5.3 | AM Snow/PM lake effect | 6-12" N & E, 4-8" S & W | ||
| 22 | 18 | 10 | 14 | Trace | 2.0 | Lake Effect Snow | Heavy lake snow north drops south. 2-7" on average | ||
| 23 | 25 | 11 | 18 | Trace | Trace | AM Flurries/Inc Clouds | Much sunshine through the morning | ||
| 24 | 49 | 26 | 38 | 1.42 | 0.0 | Mostly Cloudy/PM Rain | Very Mild with Moderate/Heavy PM Rain/Windy | ||
| 25 | 41 | 18 | 30 | 0.01 | 0.5 | AM Snow Showers | Morning light lake snow, 1" most areas | ||
| 26 | 33 | 24 | 29 | 0.00 | Trace | Mostly Cloudy | |||
| 27 | 44 | 32 | 38 | 0.42 | 0.0 | Cloudy/Rain | East wind | ||
| 28 | 59 | 36 | 48 | 0.01 | 0.0 | Windy/Mild | 30-50 mph wind gusts | ||
| 29 | 36 | 29 | 33 | Trace | 0.3 | Clouds to Some Sun | Snow arrives after 9 PM | ||
| 30 | 37 | 17 | 27 | 0.04 | 3.8 | Snow | Heavy lake snow in and south of the Valley 3-6" | ||
| 31 | 23 | 3 | 13 | Trace | 7.0 | Heavy AM Snow | 6-12" most of the Mohawk Valley, 2-6" north | ||
| Totals | 1116 | 632 | 1748 | 3.61 | 44.1 | ||||
| Average | 36.00 | 20.39 | 28.19 | ||||||
| Dptr. Norm | 1.94 | 0.26 | 1.17 | -0.24 | 21.9 | ||||
| Normal | 34.06 | 20.13 | 27.02 | 3.85 | 22.2 | ||||