Winter Weather, Hamilton
- When
- March 9, 2:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hamilton forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.661, -74.497 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in New York, March 9, 2009
A developing low pressure system tracked east northeast from the mid Mississippi Valley on Sunday morning March 8th, to central New York State by Monday morning March 9th. A period of snow developed across the southwest Adirondacks early Monday morning, and ended by late Monday afternoon.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 ALY wrote it up.
A developing low pressure system tracked east northeast from the mid Mississippi Valley on Sunday morning March 8th, to central New York State by Monday morning March 9th. A period of snow developed across the southwest Adirondacks early Monday morning, and ended by late Monday afternoon.
Snowfall amounts of 2 to 5 inches fell across northern portions of Hamilton County from this storm.
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 Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 9, 12:52 AM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 12:52 AM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 8, 3:51 PM EST, 10 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 451 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009 MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-041>043-054-061-082>084-VTZ013>015-091100- NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON- NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- EASTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN COLUMBIA-NORTHERN FULTON- SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM- EASTERN WINDHAM- 451 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION AND TACONICS OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AS WELL AS SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO OUR WINTER MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DETAILS. FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES. PLEASE REFER TO OUR FLOOD WATCH STATEMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. PLEASE REFER TO OUR WINTER MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DETAILS. FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES. PLEASE REFER TO OUR FLOOD WATCH STATEMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. ANOTHER SYSTEM MIGHT BRING A WINTRY MIX INCLUDING SOME FREEZING RAIN ON TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA INTERNET...PHONE OR NYSPIN. NYZ038>040-047>053-091100- SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-SCHOHARIE- WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA- WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER- 451 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK INCLUDING THE MOHAWK VALLEY...NORTHERN CATSKILLS AND GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES. PLEASE REFER TO OUR FLOOD WATCH STATEMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BRING A WINTRY MIX INCLUDING SOME FREEZING RAIN ON TUESDAY NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA INTERNET...PHONE OR NYSPIN. CTZ001-013-NYZ058>060-063>066-091100- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-WESTERN GREENE- EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER- WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- 451 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT AND THE SOUTHERN CATSKILLS AND MID HUDSON VALLEY REGION OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BRING A WINTRY MIX INCLUDING SOME FREEZING RAIN ON TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flood and Hail in Kansas, March 9, 2009
- Winter Weather in Nebraska, March 9 to 10, 2009
- Blizzard in Minnesota, March 9 to 11, 2009
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, March 9 to 11, 2009
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, March 9 to 10, 2009
- Blizzard in North Dakota, March 9 to 11, 2009
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 9 to 10, 2009
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in North Dakota, March 9 to 10, 2009
- Heavy Snow in Utah, March 9 to 10, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 9, 2009
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, March 9 to 11, 2009
- Winter Weather in Vermont, March 9, 2009
More
Every storm in New York in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, March 2009
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: 159120.