New York, 2012

Winter Weather in New York, January 11 to 12, 2012

January 11 to 12, 2012 · NWS ALY · 16 events in 16 counties and zones

A very complex storm system brought a wintry mix of precipitation to east central New York on Thursday, January 12th. Snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain all occurred as the system impacted the region.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 16 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

Open the live radar over this ground

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
16

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 very complex storm system brought a wintry mix of precipitation to east central New York on Thursday, January 12th. Snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain all occurred as the system impacted the region. Warmer air worked up the Hudson Valley, changing the precipitation to plain rain and kept down snowfall, sleet and ice accumulations. Snowfall and sleet reports were generally in the 3 to 5 inch range, with ice accretions from a trace up to around one quarter of an inch. Numerous school districts had delayed starts due to the weather.

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 Jan 11, 9:53 PM EST, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 9:53 PM EST, 37 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 10:01 PM EST, 29 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The radar

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

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

16 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Western Greene

When
January 11, 10:30 PM EST to January 12, 10:30 AM EST
Where
Western Greene forecast zone
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
42.277, -74.123 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Schoharie

When
January 11, 10:30 PM EST to January 12, 12:00 PM EST
Where
Schoharie forecast zone
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
42.588, -74.442 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Southern Herkimer

When
January 11, 11:00 PM EST to January 12, 12:00 PM EST
Where
Southern Herkimer forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
43.420, -74.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Western Albany

When
January 11, 11:30 PM EST to January 12, 12:00 PM EST
Where
Western Albany forecast zone
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
42.600, -73.974 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Western Schenectady

When
January 11, 11:30 PM EST to January 12, 12:00 PM EST
Where
Western Schenectady forecast zone
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
42.818, -74.059 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Montgomery

When
January 11, 11:30 PM EST to January 12, 12:00 PM EST
Where
Montgomery forecast zone
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
42.902, -74.440 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Southern Fulton

When
January 11, 11:30 PM EST to January 12, 12:00 PM EST
Where
Southern Fulton forecast zone
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
43.114, -74.422 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Northern Fulton

When
January 11, 11:30 PM EST to January 12, 3:30 PM EST
Where
Northern Fulton forecast zone
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
43.114, -74.422 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Eastern Schenectady

When
January 12, 12:30 AM EST to 10:30 AM EST
Where
Eastern Schenectady forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
42.818, -74.059 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Hamilton

When
January 12, 12:30 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where
Hamilton forecast zone
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
43.661, -74.497 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Southern Saratoga

When
January 12, 1:00 AM EST to 10:30 AM EST
Where
Southern Saratoga forecast zone
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
43.107, -73.864 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Northern Saratoga

When
January 12, 1:30 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
Where
Northern Saratoga forecast zone
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
43.107, -73.864 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Southern Washington

When
January 12, 2:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
Where
Southern Washington forecast zone
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
43.314, -73.431 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Southeast Warren

When
January 12, 2:30 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
Where
Southeast Warren forecast zone
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
43.561, -73.846 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Northern Warren

When
January 12, 2:30 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where
Northern Warren forecast zone
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
43.561, -73.846 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Northern Washington

When
January 12, 3:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where
Northern Washington forecast zone
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
43.314, -73.431 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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

More

Every storm in New York in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, January 2012

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: 357660, 357661, 357663, 357662, 357664, 357666, 357667, 357672, 357665, 357675, 357669, 357670, 357674, 357671, 357677, 357673.