Heavy Snow in New York, February 25 to 27, 2010

Name: Heavy Snow in New York, February 25 to 27, 2010
Start: 2010-02-25T05:00
End: 2010-02-27T03:00
Location: New York

February 25 to 27, 2010 · NWS OKX · 15 events in 15 counties and zones

Low pressure rapidly deepened as it tracked north from the North Carolina coast Thursday morning the 25th of February to over the Tri-State area by Thursday evening. S coast.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 13 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: 1
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 15

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.

Low pressure rapidly deepened as it tracked north from the North Carolina coast Thursday morning the 25th of February to over the Tri-State area by Thursday evening. This was in response to a powerful upper level disturbance approaching the Eastern U.S coast. The low presure area then rotated over the region through Friday afternoon before finally lifting out on Saturday. This low brought a combination of heavy snow, heavy rain, coastal flooding and strong winds to the region Wednesday Night through Friday. Up to 3 feet of snow fell across interior portions of the Lower Hudson Valley, one to two feet across the NYC metropolitan region and six to twelve inches of snow across eastern Long Island.

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 New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 25, 1:28 AM EST, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 1:28 AM EST, 3 hours 32 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

15 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Orange

When: February 25, 5:00 AM EST to February 26, 10:00 PM EST
Where: Orange forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 41.402, -74.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Southern Westchester

When: February 25, 6:00 AM EST to February 26, 7:00 PM EST
Where: Southern Westchester forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 41.152, -73.753 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Northern Westchester

When: February 25, 6:00 AM EST to February 26, 7:00 PM EST
Where: Northern Westchester forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 41.152, -73.753 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Rockland

When: February 25, 6:00 AM EST to February 26, 10:00 PM EST
Where: Rockland forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 41.152, -74.024 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, New York (Manhattan)

When: February 25, 7:00 AM EST to February 26, 7:00 PM EST
Where: New York (Manhattan) forecast zone
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: Broadcast Media
Coordinates: 40.774, -73.970 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy wet snow accumulated on trees. One branch fell on and killed a male in his 30s in Central Park around 3:58 pm EST. Numerous trees were downed from 69th through 71st streets along 5th Avenue. One tree fell on and crushed a city bus with people in it. No injuries were reported.

Heavy Snow, Bronx

When: February 25, 7:00 AM EST to February 26, 7:00 PM EST
Where: Bronx forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 40.827, -73.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Putnam

When: February 25, 8:00 AM EST to February 26, 7:00 PM EST
Where: Putnam forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 41.427, -73.749 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Kings (Brooklyn)

When: February 25, 10:00 AM EST to February 26, 7:00 PM EST
Where: Kings (Brooklyn) forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 40.634, -73.950 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Queens

When: February 25, 10:00 AM EST to February 26, 7:00 PM EST
Where: Queens forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Heavy Snow, Richmond (Staten Is.)

When: February 25, 10:00 AM EST to February 26, 7:00 PM EST
Where: Richmond (Staten Is.) forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 40.583, -74.150 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Nassau

When: February 25, 7:00 PM EST to February 26, 9:00 PM EST
Where: Nassau forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Heavy Snow, Southwest Suffolk

When: February 25, 10:00 PM EST to February 27, 3:00 AM EST
Where: Southwest Suffolk forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 40.941, -72.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Northwest Suffolk

When: February 25, 10:00 PM EST to February 27, 3:00 AM EST
Where: Northwest Suffolk forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 40.941, -72.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Southeast Suffolk

When: February 26, 12:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Southeast Suffolk forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 40.941, -72.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Northeast Suffolk

When: February 26, 12:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Northeast Suffolk forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 40.941, -72.685 (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.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Heavy Snow, New York (Manhattan)	2010-02-25	35	Male	Under Tree	Direct

What these are

Heavy Snow: Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in New York in 2010 Every state in 2010 This day in weather history Warnings in New York, February 2010

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: 217941, 217930, 217933, 217937, 217745, 217746, 217939, 217747, 217908, 217909, 217924, 217925, 217926, 217927, 217928.