Blizzard Warnings in New York
37 blizzard warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of blizzard warnings reaches back to 2005.
Blizzard Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 37
- Busiest year
- 20175 blizzard warnings
- Average year
- 2over 15 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Suffolk County14
- Nassau County9
- Bronx County8
- Kings County8
- New York County8
- Richmond County8
- Westchester County7
- Queens County6
- Erie County6
- Oswego County5
- Jefferson County5
- St. Lawrence County4
- Orange County4
- Putnam County4
- Rockland County4
- Genesee County4
- Wyoming County4
- Herkimer County3
- Dutchess County3
- Chautauqua County3
- Sullivan County3
- Lewis County3
- Albany County2
- Clinton County2
- Essex County2
- Franklin County2
- Greene County2
- Hamilton County2
- Rensselaer County2
- Saratoga County2
- Schenectady County2
- Schoharie County2
- Warren County2
- Washington County2
- Allegany County2
- Cattaraugus County2
- Cayuga County2
- Niagara County2
- Orleans County2
- Wayne County2
The latest blizzard warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 1:11 PM EST | Blizzard Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 19 hr |
| Feb 22, 12:28 PM EST | Blizzard Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 28 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:44 AM EST | Blizzard Warning | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more | 62 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.