Ice Storm and Winter Weather in New York, December 28 to 29, 2025

Name: Ice Storm and Winter Weather in New York, December 28 to 29, 2025
Start: 2025-12-28T16:00
End: 2025-12-29T10:00
Location: New York

December 28 to 29, 2025 · NWS ALY · 27 events in 27 counties and zones

Sub-freezing temperatures ahead of an approaching warm front resulted in a period of accumulating freezing rain for all of eastern New York during the late afternoon and evening hours on December 28, 2025 into the overnight or morning hours on December 29, 2025. As temperatures rose above freezing, precipitation eventually changed to plain rain for many areas except across portions of the Upper…

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 27 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: 27

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 ALY wrote it up.

Overall liquid equivalent precipitation amounts varied across the region with the greatest amounts (0.75 to 1.50 inches) occurring across areas north and west of the Capital Region. Sporadic flat ice accumulation reports estimated an approximate 30-40% ice accretion rate for many areas except 40-60% for areas north and west of the Capital Region, where the higher QPF amounts occurred. As a result, flat ice accumulations of a light glaze to 0.25 inches occurred for many areas except pockets of 0.40 to 0.75 inches across the Upper Hudson Valley, Adirondacks and Mohawk Valley.

The accumulation of ice on trees and power lines led to isolated to numerous power outages with the greatest coverage of outages occurring across Herkimer, Hamilton, Fulton, Montgomery and Saratoga counties.

The Governor of New York issued a state of emergency in Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Herkimer, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Rensselaer, and Ulster Counties on December 26th that extended through December 29th due to the imminent danger the resulting conditions of the active pattern over these days posed to public transportation, utility services, public health, and public safety systems.

Key impacts: travel delays, power outages, state of emergency.

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 Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 28, 1:28 PM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 1:28 PM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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The radar

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

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Event by event

19 winter weather, 8 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Western Ulster

When: December 28, 4:00 PM EST to December 29, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Western Ulster forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 41.888, -74.259 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Eastern Ulster

When: December 28, 4:00 PM EST to December 29, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Eastern Ulster forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 41.888, -74.259 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Western Dutchess

When: December 28, 4:00 PM EST to December 29, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Western Dutchess forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 41.765, -73.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Schoharie

When: December 28, 4:30 PM EST to December 29, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Schoharie forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 42.588, -74.442 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Western Greene

When: December 28, 4:30 PM EST to December 29, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Western Greene forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 42.277, -74.123 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Eastern Dutchess

When: December 28, 4:30 PM EST to December 29, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Eastern Dutchess forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 41.765, -73.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Ice Storm, Southern Herkimer

When: December 28, 5:00 PM EST to December 29, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Southern Herkimer forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.420, -74.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Northern Herkimer

When: December 28, 5:00 PM EST to December 29, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Northern Herkimer forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.420, -74.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Eastern Greene

When: December 28, 5:00 PM EST to December 29, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Eastern Greene forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 42.277, -74.123 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Western Columbia

When: December 28, 5:00 PM EST to December 29, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Western Columbia forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 42.250, -73.632 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Ice Storm, Southern Fulton

When: December 28, 5:30 PM EST to December 29, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Southern Fulton forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.114, -74.422 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Ice Storm, Montgomery

When: December 28, 5:30 PM EST to December 29, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Montgomery forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 42.902, -74.440 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Western Schenectady

When: December 28, 5:30 PM EST to December 29, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Western Schenectady forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 42.818, -74.059 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Western Albany

When: December 28, 5:30 PM EST to December 29, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Western Albany forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 42.600, -73.974 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Eastern Columbia

When: December 28, 5:30 PM EST to December 29, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Eastern Columbia forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 42.250, -73.632 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Ice Storm, Hamilton

When: December 28, 6:00 PM EST to December 29, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Hamilton forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.661, -74.497 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Ice Storm, Northern Fulton

When: December 28, 6:00 PM EST to December 29, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Northern Fulton forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.114, -74.422 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Eastern Schenectady

When: December 28, 6:00 PM EST to December 29, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Eastern Schenectady forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 42.818, -74.059 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Eastern Albany

When: December 28, 6:00 PM EST to December 29, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Eastern Albany forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 42.600, -73.974 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Ice Storm, Northern Saratoga

When: December 28, 6:30 PM EST to December 29, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Northern Saratoga forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.107, -73.864 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Ice Storm, Northern Warren

When: December 28, 6:30 PM EST to December 29, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Northern Warren forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.561, -73.846 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Ice Storm, Southeast Warren

When: December 28, 6:30 PM EST to December 29, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Southeast Warren forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.561, -73.846 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Southern Saratoga

When: December 28, 6:30 PM EST to December 29, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Southern Saratoga forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.107, -73.864 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Western Rensselaer

When: December 28, 6:30 PM EST to December 29, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Western Rensselaer forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 42.711, -73.510 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Southern Washington

When: December 28, 6:30 PM EST to December 29, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Southern Washington forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.314, -73.431 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Eastern Rensselaer

When: December 28, 6:30 PM EST to December 29, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Eastern Rensselaer forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 42.711, -73.510 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Northern Washington

When: December 28, 7:00 PM EST to December 29, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Northern Washington forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.314, -73.431 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Winter Weather: Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
Ice Storm: Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in New York in 2025 Every state in 2025 This day in weather history Warnings in New York, December 2025

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: 1305674, 1305675, 1305676, 1305663, 1305670, 1305677, 1305654, 1305661, 1305671, 1305672, 1305655, 1305656, 1305664, 1305667, 1305673, 1305653, 1305659, 1305665, 1305668, 1305657, 1305658, 1305660, 1305666, 1305669, 1305678, 1305679, 1305662.