Alert archive / New York / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in New York, 2021
27 winter storm watches in 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 27
- Busiest month
- February12 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- February 13, 20214 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 14, 2:47 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 23 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:37 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Warren | 24 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:47 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BTV | Essex | 12 hr |
| Jan 14, 8:23 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BGM | Oneida | 19 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:25 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 10 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:40 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more | 36 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:34 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton and 9 more | 36 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:34 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BGM | Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware and 11 more | 37 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:54 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BTV | Clinton, Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence | 12 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:38 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Jefferson, Lewis, Wyoming | 44 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:29 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 8, 2:24 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | Cayuga, Oswego | 13 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:53 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 10 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:22 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BTV | Clinton, Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence | 24 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:40 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton and 9 more | 37 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:50 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BGM | Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware and 11 more | 35 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:22 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BGM | Broome, Chemung, Delaware, Sullivan, Tioga | 24 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:42 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:53 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Ulster | 23 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:24 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | Cayuga, Monroe, Wayne | 23 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:55 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BGM | Cayuga, Onondaga, Seneca | 23 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:51 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | BTV | Clinton, Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence | 24 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:51 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | Allegany, Cayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Monroe and 3 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:04 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | BGM | Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Schuyler and 4 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:46 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 12 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:59 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BTV | Clinton, Franklin, St. Lawrence | 12 hr |
| Nov 25, 4:14 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | Chautauqua | 10 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cayuga County8
- Jefferson County5
- Lewis County5
- Oswego County4
- Hamilton County4
- Herkimer County4
- Essex County4
- Oneida County4
- Onondaga County4
- Seneca County4
- Clinton County4
- Franklin County4
- St. Lawrence County4
- Fulton County3
- Warren County3
- Bronx County3
- Kings County3
- Nassau County3
- New York County3
- Queens County3
- Richmond County3
- Suffolk County3
- Westchester County3
- Columbia County3
- Dutchess County3
- Greene County3
- Ulster County3
- Broome County3
- Chemung County3
- Cortland County3
- Delaware County3
- Madison County3
- Schuyler County3
- Steuben County3
- Sullivan County3
- Tioga County3
- Tompkins County3
- Yates County3
- Monroe County3
- Wayne County3
22 more counties
- Orange County2
- Putnam County2
- Rockland County2
- Albany County2
- Montgomery County2
- Rensselaer County2
- Saratoga County2
- Schenectady County2
- Schoharie County2
- Washington County2
- Chenango County2
- Otsego County2
- Erie County2
- Genesee County2
- Wyoming County2
- Allegany County2
- Chautauqua County2
- Livingston County2
- Ontario County2
- Cattaraugus County1
- Niagara County1
- Orleans County1
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.