Syracuse, New York, is an urban area with mostly flat terrain. The city is near Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes. If you lived in Syracuse, you may have experienced lake effect snow, as well as the urban heat island effect.
You may have experienced lake effect snow since the city is near Lake Ontario and the urban heat island effect due to the fact that it is a big city, so that it is likely to be warmer than the rest of the island.
