Ulster County, NY Roof Snow Load - Case Study Area
Why doesn't Ulster County have a snow load number?
Ulster County sits in the mountain-west terrain where ASCE 7-22 §7.2 itself declines to give a contour figure - elevation changes too fast over short distances there for one number per county to mean anything. The code requires a site-specific study for a building here, not a look-up.
Ulster County, FIPS 36111, is home to 182,977 people - one of 386 US counties ASCE 7 itself routes around a map figure for.
Ulster County, NY: quick facts
- Population182,977
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal104.7 in.
- FIPS36111
How much it actually snows in Ulster County
Most winters bring Ulster County roughly 104.7 in. of snow - NOAA's normal at SLIDE MTN, NY US, 9.1 mi off. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)
Read this before you rely on it
Ulster County's number above is ASCE 7-22's default case, not a custom calculation: ordinary residential occupancy, heated, sited on ground that's neither fully sheltered nor fully exposed. Any one of those changing - pitch, exposure, heating, occupancy - moves the real figure.
Nothing here substitutes for an address-level number. Get one free, in about a minute, from the ASCE 7 Hazard Tool using your own coordinates rather than Ulster County's county-wide figure. (How this figure is calculated.)