Overview
A powerful coastal storm impacted the region bringing heavy wet snow, heavy rain and strong-damaging winds.
Public Information Statement
Spotter Reports
National Weather Service Albany NY
1225 PM EST Sat Mar 03 2018
The following are unofficial observations taken during the past 30
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...
Kent 8.0 730 PM 3/02 Fire Dept/Rescue
Norfolk 6.5 800 AM 3/03 Co-Op Observer
Sharon 6.0 200 PM 3/02 Broadcast Media
1 N Canaan 4.0 700 PM 3/02 Dept of Highways
5 NNW Winsted 2.8 500 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
Litchfield 1.5 700 PM 3/02 Dept of Highways
MASSACHUSETTS
...Berkshire County...
Florida 12.0 907 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
Savoy 12.0 906 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
Hinsdale 10.0 924 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
4 SSW Savoy 10.0 1100 AM 3/02 Broadcast Media
Lenox 8.0 946 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
Great Barrington 5.0 950 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
Pittsfield 4.0 952 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
Becket 4.0 351 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
3 S Sandisfield 4.0 520 PM 3/02 Social Media
North Adams 3.5 430 PM 3/02 Social Media
NEW YORK
...Albany County...
5 W Westerlo 34.0 835 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
1 S Berne 29.0 838 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
Knox 26.0 847 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
1 W Altamont 26.0 842 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
Westerlo 24.0 848 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
1 W Berne 23.0 850 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
3 N Selkirk 18.5 700 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
Ravena 14.5 425 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
2 S Colonie 14.5 630 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
1 WNW Watervliet 13.0 135 PM 3/02 Public
2 SSW Altamont 13.0 815 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
Cohoes 13.0 339 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
Boght Corners 12.6 200 PM 3/02 NWS Employee
4 WNW Ravena 12.5 700 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
Delmar 12.4 757 PM 3/02 Social Media
1 W Albany 12.0 700 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
2 W Albany 12.0 641 PM 3/02 Retired NWS Emp.
Albany Intl Ap 11.9 651 AM 3/03 ASOS
Colonie 11.5 417 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
3 NW Guilderland 10.0 433 PM 3/02 NWS Employee
Westmere 10.0 943 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
2 WNW Guilderland 10.0 700 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
1 E North Bethlehem 9.8 655 PM 3/02 NWS Employee
1 SW Guilderland 8.5 1235 PM 3/02 Public
Albany 8.5 700 PM 3/02 Official NWS Obs
...Columbia County...
Ancramdale 17.0 447 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
Taghkanic 16.7 707 AM 3/03 WeatherNet6
Kinderhook 15.0 900 PM 3/02 Storm Total as of 9PM
Chatham 15.0 855 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
Philmont 15.0 418 PM 3/02 Social Media
4 SE Elizaville 14.0 610 PM 3/02 Social Media
Valatie 13.0 900 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
Niverville 13.0 410 PM 3/02 Social Media
Livingston 12.0 903 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
Austerlitz 11.5 342 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
Copake 11.0 911 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
5 ENE Philmont 10.0 103 PM 3/02 Public
...Dutchess County...
1 NE Red Hook 15.1 700 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
3 SE Pine Plains 14.0 600 PM 3/02 Elevation 700 feet.
4 SE Elizaville 14.0 610 PM 3/02 Social Media
6 ESE Pleasant Valle 11.5 700 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
3 NE Lagrange 11.5 630 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Poughquag 11.0 648 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
5 ESE Red Hook 10.5 1200 PM 3/02 Social Media
Millbrook 10.0 807 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
5 ENE Lagrange 10.0 245 PM 3/02 Public
Wassaic 9.2 121 PM 3/02 Public
2 SSE Hopewell Junct 8.8 700 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
Lagrange 8.5 706 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
2 W Poughquag 8.1 1216 PM 3/02 Public
1 NE Fishkill 8.0 700 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
3 W Dover Plains 8.0 142 PM 3/02 Public
2 ENE Hopewell Junct 6.0 800 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
Rhinebeck 5.8 450 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Poughkeepsie 5.7 645 AM 3/03 Co-Op Observer
Hyde Park 3.0 430 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Red Oaks Mill 2.5 825 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
...Fulton County...
7 NW GLOVERSVILLE 20.0 800 AM 3/03 Co-Op Observer
Mayfield 18.0 1159 AM 3/02 Emergency Manager
Oppenheim 16.0 854 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
Fishhouse 15.5 325 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
Northville 15.5 337 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
Gloversville 15.0 857 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
1 E Perth 14.0 859 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
Perth 13.5 336 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
...Greene County...
Halcott Center 35.0 734 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
Hunter 28.0 842 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
West Kill 26.0 352 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
Windham 26.0 245 PM 3/02 Social Media
Acra 25.0 847 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
Norton Hill 21.0 633 AM 3/03 WeatherNet6
Greenville Center 21.0 323 AM 3/03 WeatherNet6
Freehold 17.0 853 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
4 NNE Cairo 17.0 530 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
Earlton 15.0 825 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
1 W Freehold 12.0 1238 PM 3/02 Public
Cairo 10.0 233 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
Coxsackie 10.0 943 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
Platte Clove 7.1 700 AM 3/03 Co-Op Observer
Catskill 6.5 954 AM 3/03 WeatherNet6
...Hamilton County...
Piseco 8.0 352 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
Inlet 8.0 645 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Indian Lake 6.5 520 AM 3/03 WeatherNet6
Wells 6.5 431 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
3 ENE Piseco 6.0 700 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
2 SW Indian Lake 5.3 815 AM 3/03 Co-Op Observer
Long Lake 3.0 953 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
...Herkimer County...
Danube 8.0 700 PM 3/02 Social Media
Ohio 7.0 130 PM 3/02 Public
...Montgomery County...
Amsterdam 29.8 423 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
Glen 28.0 835 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
Canajoharie 28.0 840 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
Palatine Bridge 19.0 412 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
Fonda 16.0 531 AM 3/03 WeatherNet6
Fort Plain 8.7 700 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
...Rensselaer County...
Grafton 20.0 854 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
Averill Park 16.1 800 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
Troy 15.9 700 AM 3/03 Co-Op Observer
Center Brunswick 15.3 338 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
Wyantskill 15.0 856 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
Schodack 14.0 926 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
East Greenbush 13.5 910 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
2 NE Troy 12.8 700 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
1 N Sycaway 12.8 500 PM 3/02 NWS Employee
Speigletown 12.0 329 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
Castleton-On-hudson 12.0 904 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
West Sand Lake 12.0 900 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
Valley Falls 11.0 908 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
2 NE Mechanicville 10.7 1238 PM 3/02 Public
East Schodack 10.1 1215 PM 3/02 Social Media
1 ESE Averill Park 10.0 200 PM 3/02 Public
5 E Waterford 9.5 700 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
Petersburg 7.5 452 AM 3/03 WeatherNet6
4 ESE Nassau 5.6 748 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
...Saratoga County...
Corinth 16.0 855 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
Lake Desolation 15.4 959 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
Wilton 15.0 856 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
2 S Clifton Park Cen 13.6 515 PM 3/02 Retired NWS Emp.
Edinburg 13.2 850 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
1 W Saratoga Springs 13.0 540 PM 3/02 Social Media
Gansevoort 13.0 325 PM 3/02 Social Media
Stillwater 13.0 1230 PM 3/02 Social Media
3 S Saratoga Lake 12.5 700 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
Saratoga Springs 12.1 600 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
Saratoga Lake 12.0 900 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
2 ESE Ballston Spa 12.0 810 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
1 W Gansevoort 11.7 630 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
3 NNE Mechanicville 11.7 937 PM 3/02 Emergency Manager
Ballston Spa 10.5 453 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
Mechanicville 10.0 924 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
Malta 10.0 1038 AM 3/02 WeatherNet6
Charlton 10.0 352 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
2 SE Clifton Park 8.0 600 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
Halfmoon 8.0 945 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
...Schenectady County...
Delanson 30.0 838 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
Duanesburg 27.0 554 AM 3/03 WeatherNet6
Schenectady 13.0 800 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
Rotterdam 12.0 845 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
South Schenectady 11.0 120 PM 3/02 NWS Employee
Glenville 9.0 440 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
...Schoharie County...
5 S Sharon Springs 40.0 831 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
Richmondville 40.0 502 AM 3/03 WeatherNet6
Cobleskill 39.3 953 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Schoharie 35.3 939 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
Middleburgh 34.7 443 AM 3/03 WeatherNet6
Jefferson 34.5 402 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
Summit 32.0 836 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
Charlotteville 31.0 510 AM 3/03 WeatherNet6
Esperance 30.0 837 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
Gilboa 30.0 418 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
North Blenheim 28.0 954 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
...Ulster County...
6 NW Phoenicia 20.0 600 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
West Shokan 2.5 515 AM 3/03 WeatherNet6
2 NE Kerhonkson 0.1 700 AM 3/03 Public
2 WNW Saugerties 0.1 700 AM 3/03 Public
...Warren County...
Lake Luzerne 13.0 600 AM 3/03 Co-Op Observer
2 WNW Warrensburg 11.3 800 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
Warrensburg 11.0 407 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
Queensbury 11.0 909 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
...Washington County...
Hartford 9.0 1117 AM 3/02 WeatherNet6
Hebron 7.0 947 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
Whitehall 6.0 948 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
Fort Edward 6.0 430 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Hudson Falls 5.8 616 AM 3/03 WeatherNet6
Salem 5.0 951 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
Cambridge 4.5 952 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
VERMONT
...Bennington County...
1 WNW Weston 18.0 700 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
Woodford 14.0 548 AM 3/03 WeatherNet6
Landgrove 13.5 951 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
Shaftsbury 12.0 906 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
8 E Bennington 8.0 944 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
Pownal 8.0 944 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
Manchester Center 6.8 539 AM 3/03 WeatherNet6
1 E Manchester Cente 6.8 700 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
Manchester 6.0 341 PM 3/02 WeatherNet6
Dorset 5.0 140 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Bennington 3.5 953 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
West Arlington 1.0 513 AM 3/03 WeatherNet6
...Windham County...
3 W Jacksonville 15.0 857 AM 3/03 Meteorologist
3 WSW Charlestown 6.0 700 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
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| Snowfall Analysis NWS Albany NY |
Albany NY (KENX) Radar 1 am to 7 pm March 2, 2018 |
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| Surface Map 1 am March 2, 2018 |
Surface Map 7 am March 2, 2018 |
Surface Map 1 pm March 2, 2018 |
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