New York, 2025

High Wind in New York, November 16, 2025

November 16, 2025 · NWS OKX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

High winds occurred over Southeastern New York during the afternoon to early evening of November 16, 2025 after a cold front passed through earlier in the morning and low pressure strengthened nearby northern New England, tightening the pressure gradient over the area.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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.

High winds occurred over Southeastern New York during the afternoon to early evening of November 16, 2025 after a cold front passed through earlier in the morning and low pressure strengthened nearby northern New England, tightening the pressure gradient over the area.

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 Nov 16, 2:24 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 16, 2:24 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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Event by event

2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Northern Nassau

When
November 16, 3:30 PM EST to 4:30 PM EST
Where
Northern Nassau forecast zone
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
40.732, -73.585 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A measured high wind gust of 58 mph was recorded at the Bayville mesonet station located at Matinecock Point in Glen Cove, NY at 406 PM Local Standard Time.

High Wind, Northwest Suffolk

When
November 16, 5:30 PM EST to 6:30 PM EST
Where
Northwest Suffolk forecast zone
Measured
52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
40.941, -72.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A measured wind gust of 60 mph was recorded at Eatons Neck Lighthouse, NY at 613 PM Local Standard Time at an elevation of 71 feet above ground.

What these are

High Wind
Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1294926, 1294925.