Winter Storm Watches in New York
656 winter storm watches 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 656
- Busiest year
- 202553 winter storm watches
- Average year
- 30over 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.
- Herkimer County122
- Cayuga County121
- Lewis County113
- Hamilton County110
- Oswego County110
- Jefferson County107
- Oneida County107
- Warren County102
- Fulton County97
- Clinton County94
- Essex County93
- Franklin County91
- St. Lawrence County91
- Ulster County90
- Greene County88
- Delaware County85
- Otsego County84
- Chautauqua County83
- Erie County82
- Madison County81
- Schoharie County81
- Cattaraugus County81
- Wyoming County80
- Albany County79
- Sullivan County78
- Saratoga County78
- Washington County78
- Schenectady County74
- Columbia County73
- Chenango County71
- Onondaga County71
- Rensselaer County70
- Montgomery County70
- Orange County68
- Broome County66
- Cortland County65
- Dutchess County62
- Tioga County61
- Putnam County60
- Steuben County59
22 more counties
- Genesee County59
- Tompkins County58
- Wayne County58
- Chemung County57
- Westchester County57
- Schuyler County55
- Allegany County55
- Rockland County52
- Seneca County52
- Yates County52
- Suffolk County46
- Ontario County46
- Livingston County45
- Monroe County45
- Niagara County44
- Orleans County44
- Bronx County43
- Kings County43
- New York County43
- Richmond County43
- Nassau County31
- Queens County31
The latest winter storm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 1:45 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | BGM | Oneida | 11 hr |
| Mar 12, 1:44 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 12 hr |
| Mar 12, 1:28 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 12 hr |
| Feb 22, 12:26 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | Chautauqua | 12 hr |
| Feb 21, 12:34 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Schoharie | 12 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:03 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Ulster | 10 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:39 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BGM | Delaware, Otsego, Sullivan | 21 hr |
| Feb 20, 1:12 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 19, 1:21 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BTV | Clinton, Essex | 11 hr |
| Feb 19, 1:04 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Warren | 12 hr |
| Jan 22, 12:38 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton and 9 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 22, 12:26 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more | 25 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.