Surface low pressure moved off the southern Mid Atlantic coast the morning of March 6th, and continued moving slowly east into the north Atlantic through March 9th while intensifying. The low brought sustained northeast winds of 30 to 39 mph and wind gusts of 40 to 55 mph to the region during the day on March 6th, then produced some light snow the night of the 6th.
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The episode as NWS OKX wrote it up.
Surface low pressure moved off the southern Mid Atlantic coast the morning of March 6th, and continued moving slowly east into the north Atlantic through March 9th while intensifying. The low brought sustained northeast winds of 30 to 39 mph and wind gusts of 40 to 55 mph to the region during the day on March 6th, then produced some light snow the night of the 6th. An upper level low moving southeast from the upper Great Lakes region interacted with the offshore surface low to produce more significant snowfall on March 7th and 8th.
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 Mar 7, 6:54 AM EST, 6 minutes earlier.
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7 winter weather, 6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotters reported snowfall ranging from 5 to 6.5 inches.
Spotters reported snowfall ranging from 7.2 inches in Elmsford to 12.5 inches in Chappaqua.
Spotters reported snowfall ranging from 7.5 inches in Ardsley and Eastchester to 10 inches in Port Chester and White Plains.
Spotters reported snowfall ranging from 8 to 13 inches.
Spotters reported snowfall ranging from 7.8 to 15.5 inches.
Spotters reported 5.8 inches of snowfall at Shoreham and 5.5 inches in East Northport.
Snowfall of 8 inches was reported.
A Skywarn spotter reported 7.1 inches of snowfall at Orient on the North Fork of Long Island.
Bedford Park reported 7 inches of snow.
Spotters reported between 3.1 and 6.7 inches of snow. The highest totals were at Bayside with 6.7 inches, at Whitestone with 6 inches, and at Rego Park with 5.9 inches.
Spotters reported between 3 and 6 inches of snow, with the highest total of 6 inches at Middle Village.
Spotters reported snowfall ranging from 4.5 inches in Bellerose to 8.2 inches in New Hyde Park. This snow fell over a relatively long duration from late evening on 3/7 to early afternoon on 3/8.
Spotters reported a wide range of snowfall totals, from 1.3 inches at Arrochar to 7.3 inches at Great Kills.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, March 2013
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 442979, 442980, 442981, 442978, 442977, 442990, 442982, 442989, 442985, 442986, 442987, 442984, 442988.