High Wind, Southern Franklin
- When
- March 20, 2:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Franklin forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 44.593, -74.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in New York, March 20, 1996
A storm system over Pennsylvania on Wednesday (3/20/96) moved into Southern New England on Thursday (3/21/96). Several inches of wet snow accumulated in the Adirondacks of New York above 1000 feet with gusty winds which downed a few trees.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS BTV wrote it up.
A storm system over Pennsylvania on Wednesday (3/20/96) moved into Southern New England on Thursday (3/21/96). Several inches of wet snow accumulated in the Adirondacks of New York above 1000 feet with gusty winds which downed a few trees.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Western Clinton
- When
- March 20, 2:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Clinton forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 44.746, -73.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Western Essex
- When
- March 20, 2:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Essex forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 44.117, -73.773 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
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The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Wisconsin, March 20, 1996
- High Wind in Vermont, March 20, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, March 20, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Georgia, March 20 to 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, March 20, 1996
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, March 20 to 23, 1996
- Cold in North Carolina, March 20 to 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, March 20 to 21, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, March 20 to 21, 1996
- High Wind in Indiana, March 20, 1996
- High Wind in Illinois, March 20, 1996
- High Wind in Michigan, March 20, 1996
More
Every storm in New York in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, March 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5555611, 5555612, 5555613.