Overview
A major winter storm impacted eastern New York and western New England December 1-3, 2019. Snowfall began during the late morning and early afternoon of the 1st ahead of a weakening low pressure system approaching from the western Great Lakes. Snowfall rates of 1-2" per hour occurred from the afternoon into the evening, with the heaviest along the I-90 corridor. As the primary low pressure system weakened, it transferred its energy to a coastal low, which strengthened as it remained nearly stationary for much of the 2nd. This allowed snow to continue to accumulate throughout the day. As the low finally pulled away late on the 2nd into the early morning hours of the 3rd, one final heavy snow band crossed the area before the snow finally pulled out prior to daybreak on the 3rd.
Storm total snowfall amounts were heaviest in the central Mohawk Valley, Helderbergs, northeastern Catskills, Capital District, southern Vermont, and the Berkshires, where totals of 18-28" were common. The 22.6" recorded at Albany International Airport made this the 8th largest snowstorm on record, the 4th largest December storm, and the largest since the March 1993 superstorm. It snowed for 39 hours and 14 minutes consecutively. Many schools were closed for two consecutive days, and numerous flights were delayed or cancelled. The governor declared a state of emergency for several of the hard-hit counties, and deployed the National Guard to assist in cleanup efforts. Speed restrictions were also placed on area interstate highways. Amounts of 8-18" were common elsewhere, except for southern portions of Dutchess and Litchfield Counties due to warmer temperatures and mixed precipitation, and northern portions of Herkimer, Hamilton, Warren, and Washington Counties which were on the fringe of the heavier precipitation.
Radar
KENX radar loop 10:30 am December 1 through 5 am December 3
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Storm Reports
Public Information Statement
Spotter Reports
National Weather Service Albany NY
1203 PM EST Tue Dec 03 2019
The following are unofficial observations taken during the past 52
hours for the storm that has been affecting our region. Appreciation
is extended to highway departments, cooperative observers, Skywarn
spotters and media for these reports. This summary also is available
on our home page at weather.gov/albany
********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL********************
LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS
SNOWFALL OF
/INCHES/ MEASUREMENT
CONNECTICUT
...Litchfield County...
Winsted 13.6 630 AM 12/03 Trained Spotter
Canaan 13.0 519 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
1 NE Colebrook 12.9 700 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
3 SW New Hartford Ce 11.8 700 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
Bakersville 11.8 700 AM 12/03 Co-Op Observer
4 ESE Canaan 9.5 700 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
Torrington 6.9 732 AM 12/03 Twitter
1 SSE Torrington 6.6 700 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
2 SW Harwinton 6.0 500 AM 12/03 Trained Spotter
2 WNW Warren 5.5 700 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
5 SSW New Milford 5.0 800 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
MASSACHUSETTS
...Berkshire County...
Peru 28.0 1000 AM 12/03 Amateur Radio
Savoy 24.2 1159 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
Lenox 22.5 701 AM 12/03 Twitter
Becket 22.0 1148 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
4 SE Lee 21.3 720 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
1 NNW Cheshire 20.0 700 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
Clarksburg 19.8 517 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
Williamstown 19.5 730 AM 12/03 Twitter
Great Barrington 18.3 753 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
Hancock 16.5 524 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
3 N Great Barrington 16.5 700 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
NNE Stockbridge 16.0 600 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
Pittsfield 14.5 845 AM 12/03 Trained Spotter
1 NNW Ashley Falls 12.0 1032 AM 12/03 Public
3 S Sandisfield 11.3 755 AM 12/03 Twitter
NEW YORK
...Albany County...
1 WNW Delmar 25.7 720 AM 12/03 Trained Spotter
Knox 25.0 516 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
2 N Selkirk 24.6 645 AM 12/03 NWS Employee
Alcove Reservoir 24.5 830 AM 12/03 Co-Op Observer
1 SW Albany 23.9 700 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
2 SW Voorheesville 23.8 623 AM 12/03 1.50 inches liq equiv.
Boght Corners 23.1 622 AM 12/03 Storm Total
3 SW Glenmont 23.0 700 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
Albany Intl AP 22.6 700 AM 12/03 ASOS
2 NNW Rensselaervill 22.4 700 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
1 WNW Albany 22.3 700 AM 12/03 NWS Employee
Delmar 22.0 618 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
Colonie 22.0 730 AM 12/03 Trained Spotter
2 W Albany 21.5 615 AM 12/03 NWS Employee
South Berne 21.0 457 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
Albany 20.8 700 AM 12/03 storm total
Ravena 19.8 835 AM 12/03 Meteorologist
3 NW Guilderland 19.8 758 AM 12/03 storm total
Altamont 19.1 800 AM 12/03 Storm total
...Columbia County...
Austerlitz 20.5 630 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
8 S Hudson 19.5 700 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
3 N Valatie 18.2 700 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
1 SSW Livingston 17.0 745 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
Livingston 17.0 845 AM 12/03 Trained Spotter
Taghkanic 16.3 1149 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
2 W Clermont 16.0 815 AM 12/03 Trained Spotter
Chatham 15.4 840 AM 12/03 Trained Spotter
Germantown 14.0 628 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
Canaan 13.0 501 AM 12/03 Storm Total
Ancramdale 12.0 1143 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
...Dutchess County...
Red Hook 16.0 538 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
1 NNE Red Hook 15.8 700 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
3 N Rhinebeck 14.7 700 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
Poughkeepsie 13.0 1028 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
Rhinebeck 12.1 720 AM 12/03 Trained Spotter
2 SSE Poughkeepsie 10.9 930 AM 12/03 Trained Spotter
5 S Poughkeepsie 10.1 900 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
Hyde Park 10.0 824 AM 12/03 Trained Spotter
1 SW Red Oaks Mill 8.5 645 AM 12/03 Trained Spotter
4 SSE Poughkeepsie 8.5 500 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
Lagrange 8.0 808 AM 12/03 Twitter
2 ESE Wappingers Fal 8.0 700 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
3 SE Millbrook 7.7 700 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
Hopewell Junction 7.0 1059 AM 12/03 Twitter
3 NE Millbrook 7.0 545 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
Poughquag 4.0 830 AM 12/03 storm total
...Fulton County...
Broadalbin 19.0 747 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
Stratford 17.0 638 PM 12/02 WeatherNet6
Johnstown 16.0 457 PM 12/02 WeatherNet6
Perth 16.0 919 PM 12/02 WeatherNet6
7 NW GLOVERSVILLE 12.6 800 AM 12/03 Co-Op Observer
Gloversville 7nw 12.6 800 AM 12/03 Co-Op Observer
...Greene County...
East Jewett 25.5 700 AM 12/03 storm total
Cairo 24.0 635 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
3 E Freehold 23.1 530 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
Greenville Center 20.5 516 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
West Kill 17.5 650 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
Catskill 17.0 947 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
5 SSE Tannersville 17.0 730 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
Halcott Center 14.5 832 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
...Hamilton County...
Piseco 8.0 640 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
2 SW Indian Lake 7.5 820 AM 12/03 Co-Op Observer
Indian Lake 7.5 820 AM 12/03 Co-Op Observer
Wells 7.5 701 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
Inlet 7.0 652 AM 12/03 Storm Total
...Herkimer County...
Dolgeville 16.0 218 AM 12/03 Trained Spotter
2 NW Salisbury Cente 11.8 600 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
4 E Jordanville 9.0 800 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
...Montgomery County...
Amsterdam 22.1 724 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
Fonda 22.0 556 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
Palatine Bridge 14.0 519 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
SE Fort Plain 12.4 700 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
Fort Plain 11.5 714 PM 12/02 WeatherNet6
...Rensselaer County...
Schaghticoke 27.5 725 AM 12/03 Meteorologist
Averill Park 26.8 800 AM 12/03 Meteorologist
East Schodack 26.2 700 AM 12/03 Trained Spotter
7 NE Troy 24.9 700 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
East Greenbush 24.5 606 AM 12/03 Trained Spotter
1 WNW Averill Park 23.9 800 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
1 N Sycaway 22.2 700 AM 12/03 NWS Employee
2 NNE Troy 22.2 800 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
Buskirk 21.7 700 AM 12/03 Co-Op Observer
1 E Troy 21.6 700 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
Berlin 21.0 630 AM 12/03 Facebook
Center Brunswick 20.2 1133 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
West Sand Lake 19.0 630 AM 12/03 Storm Total
...Saratoga County...
2 S Clifton Park Cen 27.2 810 AM 12/03 Retired NWS Emp.
Malta 25.0 717 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
2 NNE Round Lake 24.1 700 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
Burnt Hills 24.0 800 AM 12/03 Meteorologist
Ballston Lake 23.3 757 AM 12/03 storm total
3 S Clifton Park 23.0 630 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
Charlton 22.0 1007 PM 12/02 WeatherNet6
Galway 19.8 545 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
1 S Saratoga Springs 15.7 600 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
Saratoga Springs 15.7 642 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
2 W Greenfield Cente 12.0 820 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
1 WNW Gansevoort 7.7 600 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
...Schenectady County...
East Glenville 27.2 700 AM 12/03 Meteorologist
Glenville 26.0 613 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
1 SSW Aqueduct 25.3 630 AM 12/03 storm total 25.3 inches
Princetown 25.0 800 AM 12/03 Twitter
4 SSW Pattersonville 24.4 800 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
Niskayuna 24.0 700 AM 12/03 Co-Op Observer
Schenectady 23.5 921 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
Delanson 23.5 433 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
Schenectady-GE Plot 23.4 850 AM 12/03 storm total
3 NNE Delanson 23.1 640 AM 12/03 Meteorologist
South Schenectady 22.5 500 AM 12/03 Storm Total.
1 NW Rotterdam 22.5 500 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
3 SSE Niskayuna 22.3 700 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
1 NNE Hawthorne Hill 21.0 715 AM 12/03 NWS Employee
1 NW Scotia 20.0 600 AM 12/02 CoCoRaHS
1 S Hawthorne Hill 19.7 500 AM 12/03 Trained Spotter
S Niskayuna 18.5 700 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
Delanson 2ne 18.0 700 AM 12/03 Co-Op Observer
...Schoharie County...
Gilboa 24.0 1042 PM 12/02 WeatherNet6
Middleburgh 23.9 701 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
Schoharie 23.2 720 AM 12/03 Co-Op Observer
2 ESE Cobleskill 18.0 735 AM 12/03 Co-Op Observer
Cobleskill 18.0 735 AM 12/03 Co-Op Observer
Richmondville 18.0 418 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
Jefferson 13.5 555 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
...Ulster County...
Spencertown 22.5 550 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
Phoenicia 16.0 604 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
2 WNW Rosendale Vill 14.0 800 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
Ulster Park 12.2 749 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
4 N Kerhonkson 12.0 700 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
2 S Hurley 11.9 700 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
Esopus 10.8 700 AM 12/03 storm total
...Warren County...
Lake Luzerne 11.1 600 AM 12/03 Co-Op Observer
1 N Lake George 8.1 600 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
Warrensburg 8.0 442 PM 12/02 WeatherNet6
2 WNW Warrensburg 7.9 800 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
5 SE North Creek 7.0 700 AM 12/03 Co-Op Observer
5 ESE Lake George 6.5 700 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
...Washington County...
Cambridge 15.5 200 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter
5 SW NORTH HEBRON 13.0 700 AM 12/03 Co-Op Observer
Hebron 13.0 644 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
Greenwhich 11.5 1017 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
Hartford 6.5 751 AM 12/03 Twitter
Salam 6.0 504 PM 12/02 WeatherNet6
Hudson Falls 5.5 436 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
Argyle 5.3 700 AM 12/03 Trained Spotter
VERMONT
...Bennington County...
Woodford 26.0 720 AM 12/03 WeatherNet6
5 NW Readsboro 25.5 1058 AM 12/03 Meteorologist
5 NNE Stamford 20.6 400 PM 12/02 CoCoRaHS
3 ENE Manchester 13.8 700 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
3 NNE Arlington 12.5 800 AM 12/03 Trained Spotter
Peru 11.7 700 AM 12/03 Co-Op Observer
...Windham County...
SE West Halifax 22.0 745 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
Wilmington 22.0 542 AM 12/03 Storm Total.
6 W West Brattleboro 21.0 800 AM 12/03 Co-Op Observer
Marlboro 21.0 800 AM 12/03 Co-Op Observer
1 S Brattleboro 18.0 700 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
1 WNW Wilmington 17.0 541 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
1 NE Putney 14.5 900 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
1 NNE Rockingham 10.8 700 AM 12/03 CoCoRaHS
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