A significant winter storm impacted the northeastern US on Christmas
Day 2002. Even by New York standards it was noteworthy. A storm system
from the midwest moved toward the northeast US and then re-formed in
the Atlantic Ocean as a nor'easter.
Here
you can see a Christmas Eve satellite image (2:46pm) showing the storm
system in the Atlantic, and there is even a fairly well-defined center
of circulation. By late afternoon on Christmas Day 2002 some counties in
central & eastern NY had either declared a state of emergency or initiated
a travel ban--see the incredible listing here.
Hardest hit were Herkimer County and Otsego County, NY...by the end of
the record-setting storm, Little Falls, NY (Herkimer County) had
received 36.0 inches, and Cherry Valley, NY (Otsego County) had received
an unbelievable 39.0 inches. Among the other hardest hit areas of NY
were Delaware County, NY where official readings ranged from 19.0 to
31.0 inches, and Albany County, NY where official readings ranged from
18.0 - 27.0 inches. An exhaustive listing of snowfall totals from this
event can be seen here, covering
CT, MA, NJ, NY, and VT. Another listing of snowfall totals, including
a map, can be seen here
for the Binghamton County Warning Area only. A meteorological case study
of this event can be found here.
RECORD REPORTS
new record snowfall for Christmas Day - Buffalo, NY
new record snowfall for Christmas Day - Binghamton, NY
new record snowfall and precipitation equivalent for Christmas Day - Albany, NY
RADAR IMAGERY
US:
9:15am Dec 24
11:45am Dec 24
1:15pm Dec 24
1:45am Dec 25
NY:
2:00am Dec 25
4:00am Dec 25
6:00am Dec 25
8:00am Dec 25
10:45am Dec 25
3:30pm Dec 25
9:15pm Dec 25
NEWS ARTICLES
CNN
Fox
MSNBC
WBGH Binghamton, NY News Channel 34
WRGB TV Albany, NY
CBS New York, NY
WIXT TV Syracuse, NY
LOCAL STORM REPORTS (LSRs)
1030 PM BENSONHURST NY WIND DAMAGE
12/26/02 BROOKLYN SEVERAL TREES DOWN
1030 PM QUEENS VILLAGE NY WIND DAMAGE
12/26/02 QUEENS SEVERAL TREES DOWN
1030 PM RIVERDALE NY WIND DAMAGE
12/26/02 BRONX SEVERAL TREES DOWN
1030 PM CENTRAL PARK NY WIND DAMAGE
12/26/02 NEW YORK A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN
