Drought in New York, April 1 to 30, 2001

Name: Drought in New York, April 1 to 30, 2001
Start: 2001-04-01T00:00
End: 2001-04-30T23:59
Location: New York

April 1 to 30, 2001 · NWS BGM · 18 events in 18 counties and zones

Although rainfall was adequate durnig the first half of the month, the second half was very dry. 00 inches below normal at some locations and it was the driest April on record at both Walton and the NWS office at the Binghamton Regional Airport.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 18 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 18

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 BGM wrote it up.

Although rainfall was adequate durnig the first half of the month, the second half was very dry. Monthly precipitation totals were well over 2.00 inches below normal at some locations and it was the driest April on record at both Walton and the NWS office at the Binghamton Regional Airport.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Binghamton, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 31, 1:04 PM EST, 10 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 1:04 PM EST, 10 hours 56 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
105 PM SAT MAR 31 2001

SERIES OF VORT MAXES WILL INTITIATE CYCLOGENESIS OVER THE MID
ATLC...WELL SOUTH OF THE FCST AREA. WEAK SFC REFLECTION IN THE FORM
OF A TROF WILL APRCH THE RGN BY MONDAY. ALL IN ALL NOT MUCH CHANGE
OVER THE NXT 48 HRS.

FOR TNGT WILL CONTINUE WITH THE CRNT CLDY FCST. COULD SEE A STRAY
FLURRY OR PATCHY -DZ TNGT BUT NOWCASTS CAN HANDLE IT. MAY MENTION
SOME FOG...MAINLY HIGHER ELEVATIIONS DUE TO LOW CIGS. LATTER 3 PDS
WILL FEATURE A CONTINUATION OF THE CLDY SKIES. DEBATING WHETHER TO
USE LOW CHC POPS FOR RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRY/SPRINKLE
TERMINOLOGY. FAN POPS LOOK TOO HIGH WITH LIKELY POPS ACRS UPSTATE
THRU MONDAY AND CHC/LIKELY AT AVP. FWC/MAV 12 HR POPS SHOW LOW CHC
BUT 6 HRLY VALUES GNRLY BLO 25%.  BEST CHCS APPEAR TO BE SUNDAY
NIGHT AND MONDAY AS SFC TROF APRCHS. EITHER WAY IT'S A DISMAL FCST.
TEMPS GNRLY A30 FOR LSOWS AND M30S TO A40 FOR MAXES AS CLDS WILL LIMIT
DIURNAL RANGE.

HOPEFULLY THE YELLOW ORB WILL MAKE AN APPEARANCE AROUND MIDWEEK.

.BGM...NONE.

BRADY

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

18 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Broome

When: April 1, 12:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
Where: Broome forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 42.160, -75.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Chemung

When: April 1, 12:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
Where: Chemung forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 42.141, -76.760 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Chenango

When: April 1, 12:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
Where: Chenango forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 42.494, -75.612 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Cortland

When: April 1, 12:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
Where: Cortland forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 42.595, -76.070 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Delaware

When: April 1, 12:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
Where: Delaware forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 42.198, -74.966 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Madison

When: April 1, 12:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
Where: Madison forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 42.913, -75.670 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Northern Oneida

When: April 1, 12:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
Where: Northern Oneida forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 43.242, -75.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Onondaga

When: April 1, 12:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
Where: Onondaga forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 43.006, -76.195 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Otsego

When: April 1, 12:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
Where: Otsego forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 42.634, -75.033 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Schuyler

When: April 1, 12:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
Where: Schuyler forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 42.394, -76.875 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Seneca

When: April 1, 12:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
Where: Seneca forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 42.781, -76.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Southern Cayuga

When: April 1, 12:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
Where: Southern Cayuga forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 43.010, -76.574 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Southern Oneida

When: April 1, 12:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
Where: Southern Oneida forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 43.242, -75.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Steuben

When: April 1, 12:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
Where: Steuben forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 42.268, -77.384 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Sullivan

When: April 1, 12:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
Where: Sullivan forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.716, -74.768 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Tioga

When: April 1, 12:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
Where: Tioga forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 42.170, -76.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Tompkins

When: April 1, 12:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
Where: Tompkins forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 42.452, -76.474 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Yates

When: April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Yates forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 42.633, -77.105 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Drought: A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in New York in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in New York, April 2001

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: 5242607, 5242608, 5242609, 5242610, 5242611, 5242612, 5242613, 5242614, 5242615, 5242616, 5242617, 5242618, 5242619, 5242620, 5242621, 5242622, 5242623, 5242624.