Alert archive / New York / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in New York, 2018
33 winter storm watches in 2018. 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 in 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 33
- Busiest month
- March10 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- February 5, 20185 winter storm watches
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The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 11:43 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | OKX | Suffolk | 16 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:42 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 3, 12:50 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne | 15 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:03 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 10 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:10 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BGM | Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Madison and 9 more | 37 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:56 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Warren, Washington | 24 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:08 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BTV | Clinton, Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence | 11 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:35 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Columbia, Rensselaer | 24 hr |
| Feb 5, 2:15 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BTV | Clinton, Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence | 13 hr |
| Feb 5, 2:52 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:10 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BGM | Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware and 11 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:14 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton and 9 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:17 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | OKX | Orange, Putnam | 24 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:26 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:53 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 9 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:59 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Albany, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery and 4 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 28, 4:04 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BGM | Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware and 11 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:58 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | OKX | Orange | 11 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:27 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:28 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton and 9 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:40 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BTV | Clinton, Essex, Franklin | 35 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:53 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Madison, Oneida, Otsego and 1 more | 35 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:28 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 13 hr |
| Mar 11, 4:02 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 23 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:18 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | BGM | Sullivan | 24 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:28 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 21 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:52 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 13, 3:45 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne | 9 hr |
| Nov 14, 4:46 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BGM | Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware and 10 more | 23 hr |
| Nov 14, 4:27 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton and 9 more | 12 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:07 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego and 1 more | 28 hr |
| Nov 26, 3:42 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer, Warren | 6 hr |
| Nov 26, 3:44 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BGM | Oneida | 14 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cayuga County9
- Oswego County7
- Oneida County6
- Hamilton County6
- Herkimer County6
- Warren County6
- Suffolk County5
- Nassau County5
- Wayne County5
- Lewis County5
- Broome County5
- Chenango County5
- Madison County5
- Otsego County5
- Fulton County5
- Montgomery County5
- Ulster County5
- Orange County5
- Bronx County4
- Kings County4
- New York County4
- Queens County4
- Richmond County4
- Westchester County4
- Cattaraugus County4
- Jefferson County4
- Wyoming County4
- Chemung County4
- Cortland County4
- Onondaga County4
- Schuyler County4
- Seneca County4
- Steuben County4
- Tioga County4
- Tompkins County4
- Yates County4
- Washington County4
- Columbia County4
- Rensselaer County4
- Delaware County4
22 more counties
- Sullivan County4
- Albany County4
- Dutchess County4
- Greene County4
- Schenectady County4
- Schoharie County4
- Putnam County4
- Allegany County3
- Chautauqua County3
- Erie County3
- Livingston County3
- Monroe County3
- Ontario County3
- Clinton County3
- Essex County3
- Franklin County3
- Saratoga County3
- Rockland County3
- Genesee County2
- Niagara County2
- Orleans County2
- St. Lawrence County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.