Winter Storm, Eastern Essex
- When
- January 15, 10:00 AM EST to January 16, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Essex forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.117, -73.773 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in New York, January 15 to 16, 1998
An area of low pressure over the southeastern United States on Thursday, January 15th moved northeast to a position along the mid-atlantic coast late Thursday night (January 15) and moved to a location east of New England later Friday afternoon (January 16).
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 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
- $60,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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.
An area of low pressure over the southeastern United States on Thursday, January 15th moved northeast to a position along the mid-atlantic coast late Thursday night (January 15) and moved to a location east of New England later Friday afternoon (January 16). Heavy snow fell across the region with a few reports of snow accumulations as follows: Peru (Clinton county).............14.6 inchesEllenburg Depot Eden (Clinton county)...............9.0 inchesLake Placid (Essex county)................11.0 inchesNewcomb (Essex county)..................8.0 inchesMalone (Franklin county)............14.0 inchesTupper Lake (Franklin county).............11.0 inchesEdwards (St Lawrence county)........7.4 inches
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Western Essex
- When
- January 15, 10:00 AM EST to January 16, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Essex forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.117, -73.773 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Northeast Clinton
- When
- January 15, 10:00 AM EST to January 16, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northeast Clinton forecast zone
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.746, -73.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Southwest Clinton
- When
- January 15, 10:00 AM EST to January 16, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southwest Clinton forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.746, -73.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Northern Franklin
- When
- January 15, 10:00 AM EST to January 16, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Franklin forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.593, -74.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Southern Franklin
- When
- January 15, 10:00 AM EST to January 16, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Franklin forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.593, -74.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Southern St. Lawrence
- When
- January 15, 10:00 AM EST to January 16, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern St. Lawrence forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.501, -75.116 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Utah, January 15 to 18, 1998
- Flooding in California, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Winter Storm in New York, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Ice Storm in Pennsylvania, January 15, 1998
- Winter Storm in Oregon, January 15, 1998
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 15, 1998
- Winter Storm in Mississippi, January 15 to 16, 1998
More
Every storm in New York in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, January 1998
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: 5656515, 5656516, 5656517, 5656518, 5656519, 5656520, 5656521.