Cold in New York, January 20 to 22, 2022

Name: Cold in New York, January 20 to 22, 2022
Start: 2022-01-20T18:00
End: 2022-01-22T12:00
Location: New York

January 20 to 22, 2022 · NWS BTV · 9 events in 9 counties and zones

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 9 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: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 9

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 BTV wrote it up.

Another arctic airmass moved into the region during Thursday night (1/20) and lingered through Saturday (1/22). Bitterly to dangerous cold wind chills of 20 to 35 below occurred overnight Thursday night - Friday morning. Actual air temperatures early Friday morning (1/21) were 10 to 35 below zero and 15 to 35 below zero on Saturday morning (1/22).

Record lows were set Friday morning at the only 3 climatological sites that records are used for such records. Massena was -30 (-27/2005), Saranac Lake was -31 (-27/2005) and Plattsburgh was -19 (-16/1984). Record lows for Saturday morning occurred at Saranac Lake with -31 (-30/2014) and Plattsburgh at -21 (-19/1984).

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 Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 20, 3:36 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 3:36 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 20, 3:15 PM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Burlington VT
315 PM EST Thu Jan 20 2022

NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-212015-
Northern St. Lawrence-Northern Franklin-Eastern Clinton-
Southeastern St. Lawrence-Southern Franklin-Western Clinton-
Western Essex-Eastern Essex-Southwestern St. Lawrence-Grand Isle-
Western Franklin-Orleans-Essex-Western Chittenden-Lamoille-Caledonia-
Washington-Western Addison-Orange-Western Rutland-Windsor-
Eastern Franklin-Eastern Chittenden-Eastern Addison-Eastern Rutland-
315 PM EST Thu Jan 20 2022

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST
FRIDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern New York, central
Vermont, northeast Vermont, northwest Vermont and southern Vermont.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Wind Chill Advisory.

Wind chill values will be in the 20 to 29 below range this evening
through tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Wind Chill Advisory.

Wind chill values will be in the 20 to 29 below range early Friday.
Winds will taper off Friday, but low temperatures will remain well
below zero Friday night into Saturday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The radar

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

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Event by event

9 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.

Cold/Wind Chill, Eastern Clinton

When: January 20, 6:00 PM EST to January 22, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Eastern Clinton forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 44.746, -73.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Observed low temperatures Friday morning were 10 to 20 below zero and 15 to 30 below on Saturday morning. Wind chill temperatures were about 10 degrees colder Thursday night into midday Friday. Plattsburgh set a daily record on Friday with a low of -19 (-16/1984) and Saturday with -21 (-19/1984).

Cold/Wind Chill, Eastern Essex

When: January 20, 6:00 PM EST to January 22, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Eastern Essex forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 44.117, -73.773 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Observed low temperatures Friday morning were 10 to 20 below zero and 15 to 20 below on Saturday morning. Wind chill temperatures were about 10 degrees colder Thursday night into midday Friday.

Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Franklin

When: January 20, 6:00 PM EST to January 22, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Northern Franklin forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 44.593, -74.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Observed low temperatures Friday and Saturday morning were 20 to 30 below zero. Wind chill temperatures were about 10 degrees colder Thursday night into midday Friday.

Cold/Wind Chill, Northern St. Lawrence

When: January 20, 6:00 PM EST to January 22, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Northern St. Lawrence forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 44.501, -75.116 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Observed low temperatures Friday and Saturday morning were 20 to 30 below zero. Wind chill temperatures were about 10 degrees colder Thursday night into midday Friday. |Massena set a daily record on Friday at -30 degrees (-27/2005).

Cold/Wind Chill, Southeastern St. Lawrence

When: January 20, 6:00 PM EST to January 22, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Southeastern St. Lawrence forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 44.501, -75.116 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Observed low temperatures Friday and Saturday morning were 20 to 30 below zero. Wind chill temperatures were about 10 degrees colder Thursday night into midday Friday.

Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Franklin

When: January 20, 6:00 PM EST to January 22, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Southern Franklin forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 44.593, -74.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Observed low temperatures Friday and Saturday morning were 20 to 30 below zero. Wind chill temperatures were about 10 degrees colder Thursday night into midday Friday.|Saranac Lake set daily records on Friday at -31 degrees (-27/2005) and Saturday at -31 degrees (-30/2014).

Cold/Wind Chill, Western Clinton

When: January 20, 6:00 PM EST to January 22, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Western Clinton forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 44.746, -73.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Observed low temperatures Friday and Saturday morning were 20 to 30 below zero. Wind chill temperatures were about 10 degrees colder Thursday night into midday Friday.

Cold/Wind Chill, Western Essex

When: January 20, 6:00 PM EST to January 22, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Western Essex forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 44.117, -73.773 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Observed low temperatures Friday and Saturday morning were 20 to 30 below zero. Wind chill temperatures were about 10 degrees colder Thursday night into midday Friday.

Cold/Wind Chill, Southwestern St. Lawrence

When: January 20, 6:00 PM EST to January 22, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Southwestern St. Lawrence forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 44.501, -75.116 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Observed low temperatures Friday and Saturday morning were 25 to 35 below zero. Wind chill temperatures were about 10 degrees colder Thursday night into midday Friday. South Russel reported -34 degrees Friday and -36 degrees on Saturday.

What these are

Cold/Wind Chill: Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in New York in 2022 Every state in 2022 This day in weather history Warnings in New York, January 2022

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 993548, 993549, 993551, 993552, 993553, 993554, 993555, 993556, 993557.