Low pressure across the Great Lakes on the morning of January 1st moved across New York and New England during the late afternoon and evening hours. Meanwhile, a secondary area of low pressure developed across southern New England during the afternoon of the 1st and moved into the Gulf of Maine during the night.
Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS BTV wrote it up.
Low pressure across the Great Lakes on the morning of January 1st moved across New York and New England during the late afternoon and evening hours. Meanwhile, a secondary area of low pressure developed across southern New England during the afternoon of the 1st and moved into the Gulf of Maine during the night. Snow overspread northern New York around noon on the 1st and continued into the early morning hours of the 2nd.
Snowfall amounts with this storm were 6 to 10 inches across much of the Adirondacks and St. Lawrence River Valley. Some specific snowfall amounts included; 10 inches in Edwards and Ogdensburg (St. Lawrence county), 9 inches in Whippleville and Malone (Franklin county) with 6 inches in Ellenburg Depot (Clinton county) and Gouverneur (St. Lawrence county).
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 Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 1, 9:34 AM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 400 AM EST TUE JAN 1 2008 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-020900- NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CLINTON- SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON- WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-GRAND ISLE- WESTERN FRANKLIN-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE-CALEDONIA- WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND-WINDSOR- EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-EASTERN RUTLAND- 400 AM EST TUE JAN 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL TOTALS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON. JMG
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, January 2008
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: 75323, 75324, 75325, 75326, 75327, 75328.