New York, 2018

Strong Wind in New York, November 26, 2018

November 26, 2018 · NWS OKX · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

A coastal storm passed east of Long Island on the 26th on November.

Where it happened

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  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$30,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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.

A coastal storm passed east of Long Island on the 26th on November.

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 Nov 26, 3:54 PM EST, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 26, 3:54 PM EST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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Event by event

3 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Strong Wind, Northeast Suffolk

When
November 26, 6:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where
Northeast Suffolk forecast zone
Measured
46 kt (53 mph) measured gust
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
40.941, -72.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A wind gust of 53 mph was measured in Great Gull Island at 751 pm. A 50 mph gust was reported at Fishers Island at 845 pm.

Strong Wind, Southern Westchester

When
November 26, 7:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where
Southern Westchester forecast zone
Measured
43 kt (49 mph) measured gust
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
41.152, -73.753 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The mesonet station in Larchmont Harbor measured a wind gust up to 50 mph around 801 pm.

Strong Wind, Northwest Suffolk

When
November 26, 8:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where
Northwest Suffolk forecast zone
Measured
44 kt (51 mph) measured gust
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
40.941, -72.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A wind gust of 51 mph was measured at the mesonet station in Eatons Neck at 937 pm.

What these are

Strong Wind
Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.

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

The same day elsewhere

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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: 789448, 789450, 789449.