Winter Storm, New York (Manhattan)
- When
- January 25, 9:45 AM EST
- Where
- New York (Manhattan) forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.774, -73.970 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New York, January 25, 2000
Snow developed between 4 and 5 am along the immediate coast and spread rapidly north during the morning rush hour. Snowfall rates up to 2 inches per hour occurred during the peak of the morning rush hour.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 13 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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 OKX wrote it up.
A strong low pressure system (Nor'easter) moved north to northeast, passing just east of Montauk Point before Midnight on January 25th.Snow developed between 4 and 5 am along the immediate coast and spread rapidly north during the morning rush hour. Snowfall rates up to 2 inches per hour occurred during the peak of the morning rush hour. White-out conditions caused massive traffic interruptions. Snowfall during the morning commute ranged from less than 2 inches at Montauk Point to around 6 inches across parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn. As warm air in the lower levels wrapped around this storm, snow changed to freezing rain and sleet. From mid-morning through late afternoon, light freezing rain fell along the coast with a mixture of freezing rain and sleet inland, except for just snow across Western Orange County. As the low approached Long Island, bands of moderate to heavy precipitation rotated northwest around the low. Around 1/4-inch thick ice coated trees, which caused limbs to snap off from Eastern Nassau County east across all of Suffolk County. Bands of heavy snow fell across the Lower Hudson Valley, New York City, and Western Nassau County during the evening.Here are selected snowfall amounts from this storm for:Manhattan: from 5.5 inches at Central Park to 6 inches at Columbia University.Bronx: around 6 inches county-wide.Staten Island: around 6 inches at Richmond.Brooklyn: from 5.6 inches at Graves End to 6 inches at Bayridge.Queens: from 6 inches at LaGuardia Airport to 6.4 inches at JFK Airport.Orange County: from 8 inches at Gardinerville to 12 inches at both Port Jervis and Chester.Putnam County: from 7 inches at Croton Falls to 8 inches at both Carmel and Brewster.Rockland County: 6 inches was measured at Pomona.Westchester County: from 5.5 inches at Yorktown Heights to 8 inches at White Plains.Nassau County: from 5.3 inches at Valley Stream to 6.8 inches at Merrick.Suffolk County: from 3 inches at Islip Airport and Rocky Point to 7 inches at Huntington and Centerport (plus 1/4-inch thick ice).This low was preceded by strong northeast winds that gusted from 40 to 45 mph. In addition, minor tidal flooding occurred across Broad Channel in Queens and in Long Beach and Freeport in Nassau Counties around the times of high tides from 11 am to noon.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
14 winter storm, 1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Kings (Brooklyn)
- When
- January 25, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Kings (Brooklyn) forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.634, -73.950 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Orange
- When
- January 25, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Orange forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.402, -74.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Putnam
- When
- January 25, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Putnam forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.427, -73.749 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Rockland
- When
- January 25, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Rockland forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.152, -74.024 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Northern Westchester
- When
- January 25, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Westchester forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.152, -73.753 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Southern Westchester
- When
- January 25, 11:15 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Westchester forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.152, -73.753 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Bronx
- When
- January 25, 7:15 PM EST
- Where
- Bronx forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.827, -73.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Richmond (Staten Is.)
- When
- January 25, 7:15 PM EST
- Where
- Richmond (Staten Is.) forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.583, -74.150 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Queens
- When
- January 25, 7:45 PM EST
- Where
- Queens forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Winter Storm, Northwest Suffolk
- When
- January 25, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northwest Suffolk forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.941, -72.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Southeast Suffolk
- When
- January 25, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southeast Suffolk forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.941, -72.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Northeast Suffolk
- When
- January 25, 9:15 PM EST
- Where
- Northeast Suffolk forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.941, -72.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Southwest Suffolk
- When
- January 25, 9:15 PM EST
- Where
- Southwest Suffolk forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.941, -72.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Nassau
- When
- January 25, 9:30 PM EST
- Where
- Nassau forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Texas, January 25 to 28, 2000
- Cold in South Carolina, January 25, 2000
- Winter Storm and Flooding in Delaware, January 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 25, 2000
- Winter Storm in Maryland, January 25, 2000
- Avalanche in Colorado, January 25, 2000
- Winter Storm in New York, January 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in New York, January 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 25, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 25 to 26, 2000
More
Every storm in New York in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, January 2000
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: 5127544, 5127545, 5127546, 5127547, 5127548, 5127549, 5127550, 5127551, 5127552, 5127553, 5127554, 5127555, 5127556, 5127557, 5127558.