Overview
A pair of low pressure systems, one approaching from the Ohio Valley and one moving northward along the Eastern Seaboard, advanced toward the northeastern US late on Christmas Eve. Snowfall spread into eastern New York and western New England in advance of these systems during the late evening. Snow continued through much of the night and became heavy at times in the wee hours of Christmas Day as the coastal low strengthened. The region awoke to a white Christmas as the snow tapered off Christmas morning. Lake effect snow developed on the back side of this system and persisted much of Christmas Day over the western Adirondacks. That event will be summarized elsewhere.Radar:
KENX radar loop 6:00 pm 12/24 through 12:00 pm 12/25
Storm Reports
Public Information Statement Spotter Reports National Weather Service Albany NY 1100 AM EST Tue Dec 26 2017 The following are unofficial observations taken for the Christmas Day widespread snowfall. 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... Torrington 5.0 230 PM 12/25 Social Media New Hartford 4.3 915 AM 12/25 Trained Spotter Bakersville 4.2 700 AM 12/26 Co-Op Observer 3 SW New Hartford 4.2 700 AM 12/26 CoCoRaHS 4 WSW Winsted 4.0 1100 AM 12/25 Dept of Highways 2 NE Litchfield 4.0 700 AM 12/26 CoCoRaHS Thomaston 3.5 1045 AM 12/25 Dept of Highways Norfolk 3.4 800 AM 12/26 Co-Op Observer 3 NNW Winsted 3.0 700 AM 12/26 CoCoRaHS Litchfield 3.0 1045 AM 12/25 Dept of Highways Canaan 3.0 222 PM 12/25 WeatherNet6 MASSACHUSETTS ...Berkshire County... Savoy 6.5 1020 AM 12/25 WeatherNet6 2 E Hancock 6.0 900 AM 12/26 Ski Area 4 SSW Savoy 5.8 1122 AM 12/25 Social Media North Adams 5.0 820 AM 12/25 Amateur Radio Pittsfield 4.5 1220 PM 12/25 Public Lenox 4.0 757 AM 12/26 Co-Op Observer 2 SE Belcher Square 4.0 1002 AM 12/26 Ski Area 5 NW Otis 3.9 700 AM 12/26 CoCoRaHS NEW YORK ...Albany County... Boght Corners 6.1 229 PM 12/25 NWS Employee Cohoes 6.0 812 AM 12/25 Social Media 5 WNW Westerlo 5.5 700 AM 12/26 CoCoRaHS Latham 5.5 1026 AM 12/25 Social Media 2 WNW Guilderland 5.5 700 AM 12/26 CoCoRaHS 1 NE Shakers 5.5 1105 AM 12/25 Storm Total Delmar 5.5 100 PM 12/25 Trained Spotter Loudonville 5.5 815 AM 12/25 Social Media 1 E North Bethlehem 5.3 1050 AM 12/25 NWS Employee Knox 5.2 747 AM 12/25 WeatherNet6 1 W Albany 5.1 840 AM 12/25 NWS Employee Westmere 5.0 901 AM 12/25 Social Media Ravena 5.0 730 AM 12/25 Social Media 3 N Selkirk 5.0 700 AM 12/26 CoCoRaHS 2 S Colonie 5.0 700 AM 12/26 CoCoRaHS Colonie 5.0 1226 PM 12/25 WeatherNet6 Preston Hollow 4.6 800 AM 12/25 Social Media ...Columbia County... 1 SSW Kinderhook 5.0 915 AM 12/25 Trained Spotter 2 SE East Hillsdale 5.0 956 AM 12/26 Ski Area North Chatham 5.0 909 AM 12/25 WeatherNet6 Livingston 4.6 830 AM 12/25 Trained Spotter Austerlitz 4.5 1004 AM 12/25 WeatherNet6 ...Dutchess County... 1 NE Red Hook 4.4 800 AM 12/25 CoCoRaHS 2 SE Tivoli 4.0 921 AM 12/25 Trained Spotter Red Hook 4.0 1028 AM 12/25 WeatherNet6 1 NE Fishkill 3.5 700 AM 12/25 CoCoRaHS 3 SE Millbrook 3.0 820 AM 12/25 CoCoRaHS Poughkeepsie 3.0 700 AM 12/26 Co-Op Observer 5 NW Pawling 3.0 730 AM 12/25 Social Media 2 SSE Hopewell Junct 2.8 700 AM 12/25 CoCoRaHS Hyde Park 2.8 945 AM 12/25 Trained Spotter 6 ESE Pleasant Valle 2.6 800 AM 12/25 CoCoRaHS 1 N Poughkeepsie 2.5 945 AM 12/25 Social Media 2 ENE Hopewell Junct 2.5 800 AM 12/25 CoCoRaHS Hopewell Junction 2.5 900 AM 12/25 Social Media 1 WSW Red Oaks Mill 2.5 500 AM 12/26 CoCoRaHS ...Fulton County... Fishhouse 7.0 635 AM 12/25 WeatherNet6 Northville 7.0 1041 AM 12/25 WeatherNet6 7 NW GLOVERSVILLE 6.4 800 AM 12/26 Co-Op Observer 4 WNW Galway 6.0 900 AM 12/25 CoCoRaHS Broadalbin 6.0 730 AM 12/25 WeatherNet6 Perth 4.0 933 PM 12/25 WeatherNet6 ...Greene County... 7 SSE Westerlo 6.5 700 AM 12/26 CoCoRaHS Greenville Center 6.5 714 AM 12/25 WeatherNet6 East Jewett 5.4 700 AM 12/26 Co-Op Observer Earlton 5.2 715 AM 12/25 WeatherNet6 4 NNE Cairo 5.0 530 AM 12/25 CoCoRaHS Cairo 5.0 424 PM 12/25 WeatherNet6 4 NNW Cairo 5.0 741 AM 12/25 Trained Spotter Catskill 5.0 737 AM 12/25 WeatherNet6 ...Hamilton County... 2 SW Indian Lake 4.8 825 AM 12/25 Co-Op Observer 3 ENE Piseco 4.5 700 AM 12/25 CoCoRaHS Indian Lake 4.5 600 AM 12/25 WeatherNet6 Long Lake 1.8 700 AM 12/25 CoCoRaHS ...Herkimer County... Ilion 2.0 700 AM 12/26 CoCoRaHS West Winfield 1.0 948 AM 12/25 Social Media 2 NW Dolgeville 1.0 700 AM 12/26 CoCoRaHS ...Montgomery County... Amsterdam 4.2 949 PM 12/25 WeatherNet6 Glen 3.5 1017 PM 12/25 WeatherNet6 Fonda 3.2 526 PM 12/25 WeatherNet6 Palatine Bridge 2.0 417 AM 12/25 WeatherNet6 Canajoharie 2.0 1019 AM 12/25 Social Media 5 NW Charleston Four 2.0 939 AM 12/25 Social Media 4 ENE East Springfie 1.8 800 AM 12/25 CoCoRaHS Hessville 1.8 945 AM 12/25 WeatherNet6 Fort Plain 1.7 700 AM 12/25 CoCoRaHS ...Rensselaer County... Speigletown 7.0 322 PM 12/25 WeatherNet6 Schaghticoke 6.6 957 AM 12/25 Social Media Hoosick Falls 6.4 446 PM 12/25 WeatherNet6 Berlin 6.0 1055 AM 12/25 Social Media 1 N Sycaway 6.0 1030 AM 12/25 NWS Employee 5 E Waterford 6.0 700 AM 12/26 CoCoRaHS Troy 6.0 700 AM 12/26 Co-Op Observer 2 NE Troy 6.0 800 AM 12/26 CoCoRaHS Center Brunswick 5.8 925 PM 12/25 WeatherNet6 Averill Park 5.4 800 AM 12/26 CoCoRaHS 1 WNW Averill Park 5.4 135 PM 12/25 Meteorologist East Greenbush 5.0 930 AM 12/25 Trained Spotter Brunswick 5.0 830 AM 12/25 Social Media West Sand Lake 4.5 806 AM 12/25 Trained Spotter ...Saratoga County... 2 SE Clifton Park 8.7 600 AM 12/26 CoCoRaHS Lake Desolation 8.5 356 PM 12/25 WeatherNet6 Ballston Spa 8.2 922 AM 12/25 WeatherNet6 Malta 8.0 923 PM 12/25 WeatherNet6 2 ESE Ballston Spa 8.0 845 AM 12/25 CoCoRaHS Eddy Corners 8.0 1000 AM 12/25 LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.52" Saratoga Springs 8.0 830 AM 12/25 CoCoRaHS 3 N Round Lake 8.0 815 AM 12/25 Retired NWS Emp. 4 WNW Burnt Hills 7.2 800 AM 12/25 Social Media Stillwater 7.0 840 AM 12/25 WeatherNet6 2 E Ballston Lake 7.0 700 AM 12/25 Trained Spotter Ballston Lake 7.0 840 AM 12/25 Social Media 2 S Clifton Park Cen 7.0 915 AM 12/25 Retired NWS Emp. 1 W Gansevoort 6.8 700 AM 12/26 CoCoRaHS 3 W Victory 6.8 913 AM 12/25 Social Media 3 WNW Victory 6.8 910 AM 12/25 Social Media Edinburg 6.5 1226 PM 12/25 WeatherNet6 1 E Ballston Lake 6.5 745 AM 12/25 Broadcast Media 5 WSW Gansevoort 6.5 1015 AM 12/25 MEASURED IN WILTON Galway 6.0 917 AM 12/25 Social Media 3 S Saratoga Lake 6.0 700 AM 12/25 CoCoRaHS ...Schenectady County... 1 W West Hill 8.0 1045 AM 12/26 Ski Area Schenectady 6.0 1050 AM 12/25 Social Media 1 SSE Scotia 6.0 900 AM 12/25 Broadcast Media 1 SSW Aqueduct 6.0 830 AM 12/25 NWS Employee Schenectady-GE Plot 5.8 924 AM 12/25 NWS Employee 1 NNE Hawthorne Hill 5.8 1045 AM 12/25 NWS Employee Glenville 5.5 313 PM 12/25 WeatherNet6 Rotterdam 5.5 830 AM 12/25 Social Media 2 N Delanson 5.1 700 AM 12/25 Social Media Delanson 5.0 700 AM 12/25 Co-Op Observer Duanesburg 5.0 655 AM 12/25 WeatherNet6 ...Schoharie County... Gilboa 5.0 935 PM 12/25 WeatherNet6 Ruth 4.5 607 AM 12/25 WeatherNet6 Jefferson 4.0 634 AM 12/25 WeatherNet6 Summit 3.0 700 AM 12/25 Social Media Schoharie 3.0 745 AM 12/25 Co-Op Observer Charlotteville 3.0 340 PM 12/25 WeatherNet6 ...Ulster County... Phoenicia 6.5 700 AM 12/26 Co-Op Observer 9 WNW Phoenicia 6.0 537 PM 12/25 Trained Spotter 1 SW Pine Hill 5.0 1005 AM 12/26 Ski Area Saugerties 5.0 752 AM 12/25 Social Media West Hurley 5.0 730 AM 12/25 CoCoRaHS 1 WNW Rosendale Vill 4.7 800 AM 12/25 CoCoRaHS Ulster Park 4.7 900 AM 12/25 WeatherNet6 Wallkill 4.3 612 AM 12/25 Social Media Kingston 4.2 700 AM 12/25 CoCoRaHS Highmount 4.0 657 AM 12/25 WeatherNet6 4 NNE Stone Ridge 4.0 800 AM 12/25 Social Media 3 E West Shokan 4.0 700 AM 12/25 CoCoRaHS 1 W Kingston 3.9 700 AM 12/25 CoCoRaHS ...Warren County... Lake Luzerne 8.5 600 AM 12/25 Co-Op Observer Warrensburg 8.0 442 PM 12/25 WeatherNet6 3 NNE Glens Falls 6.6 700 AM 12/26 CoCoRaHS Glens Falls 6.5 1145 AM 12/25 Meteorologist Queensbury 5.5 617 AM 12/25 WeatherNet6 3 WSW North Creek 5.0 900 AM 12/25 GORE MOUNTAIN SKI AREA 5 SE North Creek 4.8 700 AM 12/25 Co-Op Observer ...Washington County... 5 SW NORTH HEBRON 9.0 700 AM 12/26 Co-Op Observer 2 ENE North Easton 8.0 1009 AM 12/26 Ski Area Hudson Falls 6.1 606 AM 12/26 WeatherNet6 Cambridge 6.0 1100 AM 12/25 Public Argyle 6.0 930 AM 12/25 Social Media 1 NNW Fort Edward 6.0 1030 AM 12/25 Trained Spotter 4 NE Hartford 5.2 847 AM 12/25 Emergency Manager Hebron 5.0 523 AM 12/26 WeatherNet6 VERMONT ...Bennington County... Woodford 12.5 920 PM 12/25 WeatherNet6 1 WNW Weston 12.0 700 AM 12/26 CoCoRaHS Landgrove 12.0 949 PM 12/25 WeatherNet6 Manchester Center 11.1 450 PM 12/25 WeatherNet6 1 E Manchester Cente 11.1 700 AM 12/26 CoCoRaHS 1 NNE Bromley Villag 10.0 645 AM 12/26 Ski Area Manchester 8.2 447 PM 12/25 WeatherNet6 Arlington 8.0 1200 PM 12/25 Social Media ...Windham County... Townshend 11.3 545 PM 12/25 Trained Spotter 3 E Somerset 11.0 713 AM 12/26 Ski Area 1 SSE Thompsonburg 10.0 1006 AM 12/26 Ski Area Wilmington 9.0 202 PM 12/25 WeatherNet6 Marlboro 8.7 800 AM 12/26 Co-Op Observer 3 WSW Saxtons River 7.2 443 PM 12/25 Trained Spotter Brattleboro 4.5 1200 PM 12/25 Social Media Guilford Center 4.5 1055 AM 12/25 Social Media
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