Heavy Snow, Orange
- When
- January 31, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Orange forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.402, -74.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in New York, January 31, 2000
As a low pressure system moved north along the coast, it spread heavy snow north across Western Orange County on Sunday, January 30th. 5 inches was measured by a NWS Cooperative Observer in Port Jervis.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
As a low pressure system moved north along the coast, it spread heavy snow north across Western Orange County on Sunday, January 30th. Snow began around 6:30 pm and by the time it ended around 2:30 am, 6.5 inches was measured by a NWS Cooperative Observer in Port Jervis. Because freezing rain mixed with snow across the eastern part of the county, snowfall amounts were limited from 3 to 5 inches. (Four inches was measured at Tuxedo.)
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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 New York, January 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Maine, January 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, January 31, 2000
- Flood in Idaho, January 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 31, 2000
- Winter Storm in Maine, January 31, 2000
- Winter Storm in Connecticut, January 31, 2000
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, January 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, January 31, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, January 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Utah, January 31, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, January 31, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5127568.