Winter Storm Warnings in New York
630 winter storm 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 winter storm warnings reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 630
- Busiest year
- 200853 winter storm warnings
- Average year
- 29over 22 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.
- Cayuga County110
- Herkimer County110
- Hamilton County106
- St. Lawrence County106
- Franklin County105
- Warren County102
- Clinton County99
- Lewis County99
- Essex County97
- Fulton County95
- Oswego County95
- Oneida County94
- Greene County90
- Jefferson County89
- Ulster County88
- Saratoga County86
- Albany County77
- Washington County77
- Otsego County76
- Schoharie County76
- Delaware County74
- Madison County72
- Schenectady County70
- Rensselaer County70
- Montgomery County66
- Cattaraugus County65
- Chautauqua County65
- Orange County65
- Sullivan County65
- Chenango County65
- Erie County64
- Wyoming County64
- Onondaga County63
- Columbia County62
- Putnam County61
- Cortland County61
- Westchester County57
- Dutchess County57
- Broome County56
- Wayne County54
22 more counties
- Rockland County51
- Tioga County51
- Tompkins County51
- Monroe County49
- Genesee County49
- Ontario County47
- Seneca County47
- Suffolk County46
- Orleans County46
- Schuyler County45
- Steuben County45
- Yates County45
- Livingston County44
- Chemung County44
- Allegany County43
- Niagara County42
- Bronx County35
- New York County35
- Kings County34
- Richmond County33
- Nassau County28
- Queens County26
The latest winter storm warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 1:18 PM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | BGM | Oneida | 25 hr |
| Mar 12, 1:57 PM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Erie, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego, Wyoming | 48 hr |
| Mar 12, 1:41 PM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 48 hr |
| Feb 22, 12:50 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 39 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:11 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BGM | Delaware, Otsego, Sullivan | 43 hr |
| Feb 21, 12:34 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer, Schenectady and 2 more | 52 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:44 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | OKX | Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 23 hr |
| Feb 19, 1:15 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Warren | 41 hr |
| Feb 19, 12:46 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BTV | Clinton, Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence | 42 hr |
| Jan 23, 1:12 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more | 60 hr |
| Jan 23, 12:57 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 10 more | 4 days |
| Jan 23, 12:30 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton and 9 more | 3 days |
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.