New York, 2007

Extreme Cold in New York, March 6 to 9, 2007

March 6 to 9, 2007 · NWS OKX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

|Based on a report from the NYC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, a 45 year old man died in the Bronx on March 8, 2007.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
1
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.

An arctic air mass produced average daily temperatures up to 19 degrees below normal from March 6th through the 9th.|Based on a report from the NYC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, a 45 year old man died in the Bronx on March 8, 2007.

The radar

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

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Event by event

1 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Bronx

When
March 6, 12:00 AM EST to March 9, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Bronx forecast zone
Deaths
1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
40.827, -73.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Bronx2007-03-0845MaleUnknownDirect

What these are

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Temperatures or wind chills at or below the local warning criteria, or cold that caused deaths.

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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: 19124.