New York, 2025

Winter Weather in New York, December 2, 2025

December 2, 2025 · NWS OKX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A progressive low pressure system developed in the SE states and moved northeast off the Mid Atlantic coast and intensified as it pulled away to the northeast. Temperatures were marginal across the interior as 2 to 4 inches of wet snow fell across portions of Orange County, mainly north and northwest portions of the county.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 progressive low pressure system developed in the SE states and moved northeast off the Mid Atlantic coast and intensified as it pulled away to the northeast. Temperatures were marginal across the interior as 2 to 4 inches of wet snow fell across portions of Orange County, mainly north and northwest portions of the county.

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 Dec 2, 7:53 AM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 7:53 AM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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Event by event

1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Orange

When
December 2, 9:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where
Orange forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
41.402, -74.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Fire Department and Rescue reported 3.9 inches at 2 SW Middletown. The general public reported 3.1 inches at 2 S Montgomery Airport, 2.2 inches at Pine Bush, 2.2 inches at 1 WSW Balmvile, 2.2 inches at 2 E Highland Mills. Trained spotters reported 2.5 inches at 1 WNW Monroe, 2.3 inches at 1 NNE Chester, 2.0 inches at 2 SSW Middletown, and 2.0 inches at 1 NNE Chester. Only 1.1 inches was reported by the general public in Peekskill in Westchester County as amounts were less further SE.

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.

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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: 1299175.