Winter Storm, Western Dutchess
- When
- January 20, 12:00 AM EST to 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Dutchess forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.765, -73.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in New York, January 20, 2002
An area of low pressure moved northeast through the Tennessee Valley early on January 19, across the Mid Atlantic region and then turned east off the DelMarVa pennisula by the early morning hours of January 20. The air mass was cold enough for all snow to fall across southeastern New York where a swath of 4 to 7 inches accumulated.
Where it happened
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- Floods
- Wind
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 ALY wrote it up.
An area of low pressure moved northeast through the Tennessee Valley early on January 19, across the Mid Atlantic region and then turned east off the DelMarVa pennisula by the early morning hours of January 20. The air mass was cold enough for all snow to fall across southeastern New York where a swath of 4 to 7 inches accumulated. Milan in Dutchess County reported 7.0 inches of new snow, and Copake in Columbia County 6.7 inches.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Eastern Columbia
- When
- January 20, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Columbia forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.250, -73.632 (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
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 20 to 21, 2002
- High Wind in Washington, January 20, 2002
- Dense Fog in Florida, January 20, 2002
- High Wind in Montana, January 20, 2002
- High Wind in Colorado, January 20 to 21, 2002
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, January 20 to 22, 2002
- Frost and Freeze in North Carolina, January 20, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 20, 2002
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 20 to 24, 2002
- Heavy Rain in Hawaii, January 20, 2002
- Frost and Freeze in North Carolina, January 20, 2002
- High Wind in Montana, January 20, 2002
More
Every storm in New York in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, January 2002
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5279652, 5279653.