New York, 2025

Winter Weather in New York, February 8 to 9, 2025

February 8 to 9, 2025 · NWS BTV · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Weak low pressure moved from the Ohio River Valley on February 8th to off of Cape Cod Massachusetts ono the morning of February 9th. Snow overspread northern NY during the mid to late evening of February 8th and ended prior to daybreak on February 9th.

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 BTV wrote it up.

Weak low pressure moved from the Ohio River Valley on February 8th to off of Cape Cod Massachusetts ono the morning of February 9th. Snow overspread northern NY during the mid to late evening of February 8th and ended prior to daybreak on February 9th.

It was a light, powdery snow that fell overnight on a weekend, leading to minimal impacts. Snowfall totals ranged from 1 to 2 inches along the Canadian border, 2 to 3 inches across much of the Adirondacks with 4 to 8 inches in central and southern Essex 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 Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 8, 6:39 PM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 8, 6:39 PM EST, 2 hours 21 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

3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Eastern Essex

When
February 8, 9:00 PM EST to February 9, 5:00 AM EST
Where
Eastern Essex forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
44.117, -73.773 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Snowfall totals across Essex county ranged from 4 to 6 inches in northern sections with 6 to 8 inches in southern sections.

Winter Weather, Western Essex

When
February 8, 9:00 PM EST to February 9, 5:00 AM EST
Where
Western Essex forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
44.117, -73.773 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Snowfall totals across Essex county ranged from 4 to 6 inches in northern sections with 6 to 8 inches in southern sections.

Winter Weather, Southern Franklin

When
February 8, 9:00 PM EST to February 9, 5:00 AM EST
Where
Southern Franklin forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
44.593, -74.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Snowfall totals across southern Franklin were 2 to 5 inches.

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.

The same day elsewhere

More

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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: 1226573, 1226574, 1226576.