New York, 2019

Winter Storm in New York, January 19 to 20, 2019

January 19 to 20, 2019 · NWS OKX · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Deepening low pressure tracking from the southeast United States on Saturday January 19, 2019 to the northeast on Sunday January 20, 2019. An arctic air mass was located across New England as the storm system approached the region.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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.

Deepening low pressure tracking from the southeast United States on Saturday January 19, 2019 to the northeast on Sunday January 20, 2019. An arctic air mass was located across New England as the storm system approached the region. A warm front associated with the low moved north along the coast early on the morning of January 20 changing moderate to locally heavy snow to sleet and then liquid precipitation. The warmer air battled the arctic air advecting into the Lower Hudson Valley from the north. However, temperatures remained below freezing through much of the winter storm across the Lower Hudson Valley creating a significant ice accretion on top of snow accumulation. Trees and power lines were brought down due to the ice along with power outages across many towns.

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 Jan 19, 3:34 PM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 3:34 PM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

3 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Orange

When
January 19, 5:45 PM EST to January 20, 12:00 PM EST
Where
Orange forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
41.402, -74.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trained spotters, CoCoRaHS, and the public reported 4 to 6 inches of snow. A trained spotter also reported 0.4 inches of ice accretion in Newburgh, and the Montgomery Airport ASOS reported 0.27 inches of ice accretion. The combination of snow and ice created hazardous travel conditions along with downed tree limbs and power lines.

Winter Storm, Putnam

When
January 19, 7:00 PM EST to January 20, 12:00 PM EST
Where
Putnam forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
41.427, -73.749 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

CoCoRaHS and the broadcast media reported 4 to 5 inches of snow. At nearby Newburgh, NY 0.4 inches of ice accretion was reported by a trained spotter and the nearby Danbury, CT Airport ASOS reported 0.37 inches of ice accretion. The combination of snow and ice created hazardous travel conditions along with downed tree limbs and power lines.

Winter Storm, Northern Westchester

When
January 19, 7:00 PM EST to January 20, 12:00 PM EST
Where
Northern Westchester forecast zone
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
41.152, -73.753 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The nearby Danbury, CT ASOS reported 0.37 inches of ice accretion. The broadcast media reported significant impacts due to ice accretion. Power companies were working on many downed trees on power lines in Southeast and in North Salem. A large tree branch came down on Route 121 in North Salem causing the live wires to catch fire. Significant impacts were also observed in nearby northern Fairfield county Connecticut.

What these are

Winter Storm
A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

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: 795321, 795322, 795323.