Overview
Arctic air settled over the northeast late Christmas night into December 26 as high pressure built over New England. Low pressure moving out of the Great Lakes overran the arctic air with moisture through the day on December 26. Moderate to heavy snow developed in bands during the evening. Some locations briefly observed 1-3 inch per hour snowfall rates across interior southern Connecticut and Long Island. Warmer air in the middle levels of the atmosphere quickly brought a mixture of snow and sleet across the NYC metro and northeast New Jersey. A dry slot also moved over the region lowering the intensity of the precipitation early December 27 before redeveloping through sunrise. Snowfall totals were highest across eastern Long Island and southern Connecticut, ranging from 5 to 8 inches, locally higher up to 10 inches in interior southern Connecticut. Elsewhere, 3 to 5 inches of snowfall was observed. The snowfall total in Central Park of 4.3" was the largest snowfall event for Central Park since the winter storm/blizzard on January 28-29, 2022.
Observed Snowfall Analysis
Snow Reports Public Information Statement
(The link above is courtesy of the Iowa State University State Mesonet (IEM) National Weather Service Text Product Archive)
Snowfall Reports By State
| Connecticut |
Location Amount Time/Date Provider
...Fairfield County...
4 NNW New Fairfield 9.4 in 0901 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter
1 E Sherman 8.5 in 0800 AM 12/27 Cocorahs
Sandy Hook 7.5 in 0800 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
1 SE Wilton 7.3 in 0807 AM 12/27 Public
Trumbull 2.6 SSE 7.3 in 0900 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
New Canaan 7.2 in 0800 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
2 ENE New Canaan 7.1 in 0528 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter
Bridgeport Airport 7.1 in 0700 AM 12/27 Official NWS Obs
3 SSE Weston 7.1 in 0715 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter
Bethel 7.0 in 0904 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
3 W Bridgeport 6.8 in 1005 AM 12/27 Public
Brookfield 6.5 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
Bethel 6.5 in 0700 AM 12/27 Emergency Mngr
Bethel 6.5 in 0645 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
Norwalk 6.4 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
4 SSE Easton 6.2 in 0600 AM 12/27 Public
Ridgefield 2.4 NNE 6.1 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
Darien 6.1 in 1015 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter
Shelton 6.0 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
Stratford 6.0 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
Bethel 4.5 SSE 6.0 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
New Canaan 6.0 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
Norwalk 6.0 in 0800 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
1 W Stamford 5.9 in 0605 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter
Trumbull 0.9 W 5.5 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
Shelton 1.3 W 5.5 in 0800 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
Stamford 1.0 S 5.4 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
4 NNW Ridgefield 5.2 in 0903 AM 12/27 Public
Rowayton 5.2 in 0914 AM 12/27 Public
...Middlesex County...
Clinton 8.0 in 0645 AM 12/27 Broadcast Media
Durham 8.0 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
Old Saybrook 2.9 NNE 8.0 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
Chester 8.0 in 1000 AM 12/27 Amateur Radio
Durham 8.0 in 1056 AM 12/27 Amateur Radio
Chester Center 2.7 WNW 8.0 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
2 NW Saybrook Manor 7.7 in 0137 PM 12/27 Public
Killingworth 7.2 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
Higganum 7.0 in 0800 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
Middlefield 1.4 W 6.5 in 0600 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
Middletown 6.5 in 1000 AM 12/27 Amateur Radio
East Haddam 6.5 in 1025 AM 12/27 Amateur Radio
...New Haven County...
Wallingford 3.1 N 10.5 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
2 NE Naugatuck 9.0 in 0900 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter
Meriden 9.0 in 1000 AM 12/27 Amateur Radio
Cheshire 9.0 in 1000 AM 12/27 Amateur Radio
Waterbury 8.5 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
1 NW Cheshire 8.1 in 0830 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter
Madison 8.0 in 0730 AM 12/27 Public
Hamden 8.0 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
Yalesville 8.0 in 0845 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
Southbury 2.3 W 7.8 in 0800 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
3 ENE North Branford 7.5 in 0915 AM 12/27 NWS Employee
2 NW Hamden 7.3 in 0647 AM 12/27 Public
Wallingford 7.2 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
1 NW Milford 7.2 in 0730 AM 12/27 Public
Madison Center 1.3 N 7.0 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
Guilford 7.0 in 0700 AM 12/27 CO-OP Observer
Wallingford 7.0 in 1000 AM 12/27 Amateur Radio
3 ENE Branford 6.5 in 0647 AM 12/27 Public
Guilford Center 2.7 WSW 6.5 in 0830 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
1 NW Ansonia 6.0 in 0531 AM 12/27 Public
Wallingford Center 1.1 N 6.0 in 0828 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
2 SSW Guilford 5.8 in 1142 AM 12/27 Public
1 SW Branford 5.4 in 0700 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter
...New London County...
Jewett City 8.0 in 1025 AM 12/27 Amateur Radio
Old Lyme 1.7 NNE 8.0 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
Salem 3.6 SE 8.0 in 0800 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
New London 7.1 in 0730 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
5 SSE Salem 7.0 in 0603 AM 12/27 Public
Niantic 6.5 in 0530 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
East Lyme 6.5 in 0600 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
Oakdale 6.5 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
Uncasville 2.4 NNW 6.3 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
Mystic 6.1 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
Old Lyme 6.0 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
Norwich 6.0 in 0700 AM 12/27 COOP
Pawcatuck 5.8 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
Stonington 5.6 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
Waterford 5.5 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
Preston 5.5 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
Mystic 5.4 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
Colchester 0.6 ENE 5.3 in 0600 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
2 SE Lebanon 5.0 in 0945 AM 12/27 Amateur Radio
Norwich 4.9 in 0600 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
Jewett City 3.0 ESE 4.3 in 0900 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
Griswold 4.0 in 0730 AM 12/27 COCORAHS
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| New Jersey |
Location Amount Time/Date Provider ...Bergen County... Lyndhurst 5.0 in 0900 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter Northvale 4.2 in 0900 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter Montvale 1.8 ESE 4.1 in 0800 AM 12/27 COCORAHS 2 NNE Franklin Lakes 4.1 in 0911 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter Oakland 4.0 in 0800 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Tenafly 3.8 in 0730 AM 12/27 COCORAHS 1 N River Vale 3.8 in 0801 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter Wood-Ridge 3.8 in 1156 AM 12/27 Public River Edge 0.4 NNE 3.5 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Fair Lawn 3.5 in 0704 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Fair Lawn 3.5 in 0830 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Palisades Park 3.5 in 1000 AM 12/27 COCORAHS 1 WSW Wallington 3.4 in 1005 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter 1 S River Edge 3.3 in 1015 AM 12/27 Public River Edge 0.7 SSW 3.3 in 0720 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Lyndhurst Twp 1.6 NW 3.0 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS North Arlington 3.0 in 0830 AM 12/27 COCORAHS 1 S Glen Rock 3.0 in 0956 AM 12/27 Public ...Essex County... 1 NW Newark 4.6 in 1000 AM 12/27 Public West Orange Twp 0.6 WNW 3.8 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS 1 S Roseland 3.8 in 1057 AM 12/27 Public Montclair 3.5 in 0800 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Verona 3.5 in 1046 AM 12/27 COCORAHS 1 W Essex Fells 3.3 in 0933 AM 12/27 Public 1 WSW Glen Ridge 3.2 in 0730 AM 12/27 Public Maplewood 3.1 in 0830 AM 12/27 COCORAHS 2 NE Springfield 3.0 in 0400 AM 12/27 Public ...Hudson County... Harrison 4.0 in 0442 AM 12/27 CO-OP Observer Hoboken 3.9 in 0700 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter 1 WSW Hoboken 3.5 in 0900 AM 12/27 COCORAHS ...Passaic County... 3 NE West Milford 4.2 in 0917 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter Little Falls 3.6 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Hawthorne 3.6 in 1000 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter Pompton Lakes 1.1 S 3.5 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Hawthorne 3.5 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS 1 NNW Totowa 3.3 in 1120 AM 12/27 Public ...Union County... Newark Airport 4.2 in 0100 PM 12/27 Official NWS Obs 1 NE Union 3.7 in 0950 AM 12/27 Public 1 S Mountainside 3.1 in 0900 AM 12/27 Public 1 NW Cranford 3.0 in 0717 AM 12/27 Public 1 NNW Westfield 3.0 in 0911 AM 12/27 Public New Providence 2.8 in 0730 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Clark 2.8 in 0846 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Westfield 2.7 in 1200 PM 12/27 COCORAHS 1 WNW Linden 2.5 in 1003 AM 12/27 Public 1 NNE Westfield 2.0 in 1020 AM 12/27 Public 1 NW Fanwood 1.6 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS |
| New York |
Location Amount Time/Date Provider ...Bronx County... 1 NNE Fordham 4.3 in 0400 AM 12/27 Public 1 NNE East Tremont 3.0 in 0841 AM 12/27 Public ...Kings County... Midwood 4.6 in 1120 AM 12/27 Broadcast Media 1 SSE Williamsburg 4.3 in 0715 AM 12/27 Public 3 NW Flatbush 4.3 in 1218 PM 12/27 Public Brooklyn 2.4 WSW 4.1 in 0930 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Sheepshead Bay 4.0 in 0805 AM 12/27 Public 1 N Bay Ridge 3.1 in 0603 AM 12/27 Public ...Nassau County... Farmingdale 5.0 in 0900 AM 12/27 Public 1 N Syosset 4.6 in 0855 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter Malverne 0.5 SE 4.1 in 0630 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Massapequa Park 4.1 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Massapequa 4.1 in 0700 AM 12/27 Amateur Radio 1 SE Malverne 4.1 in 0850 AM 12/27 Cocorahs 1 N Centre Island 4.0 in 0529 AM 12/27 Public Bellmore 4.0 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS 1 WSW Plainview 3.5 in 0841 AM 12/27 Public 1 SW Elmont 3.5 in 1000 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter Seaford 0.4 SE 3.5 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Hicksville 1.4 SSE 3.5 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Carle Place 3.1 in 0645 AM 12/27 Amateur Radio East Williston 3.1 in 0952 AM 12/27 Public Sea Cliff 3.1 in 1033 AM 12/27 Public Herricks 2.9 in 0805 AM 12/27 COCORAHS ...New York (Manhattan) County... Central Park 4.3 in 0700 AM 12/27 Official NWS Obs ...Orange County... Monroe 6.0 in 1000 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter Cornwall On Hudson 6.0 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS 2 SSW Stewart Airport 5.7 in 0724 AM 12/27 Public 2 E Highland Mills 5.6 in 0930 AM 12/27 Public New Windsor 3.3 W 5.5 in 0200 PM 12/27 COCORAHS 4 SSE Chester 5.1 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS 2 NW Stewart Airport 5.0 in 0628 AM 12/27 Amateur Radio 3 WNW Warwick 4.0 in 0603 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter Warwick 4.0 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Port Jervis 3.6 in 0630 AM 12/27 COCORAHS ...Putnam County... Cold Spring 7.8 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Nelsonville 0.3 S 7.2 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Mahopac 7.0 in 1116 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter Lake Carmel 0.7 NE 7.0 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS 2 W Putnam Valley 5.7 in 0605 AM 12/27 NWS Employee ...Queens County... 1 WSW Howard Beach 4.6 in 0701 AM 12/27 Broadcast Media Jackson Heights 4.5 in 1030 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter NYC/JFK 4.2 in 0100 PM 12/27 Official NWS Obs NYC/La Guardia 4.2 in 0100 PM 12/27 Official NWS Obs Howard Beach 4.1 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Little Neck 0.3 SE 3.9 in 0800 AM 12/27 COCORAHS 1 SW Russell Gardens 3.9 in 0801 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter 1 NNE Elmhurst 3.7 in 0815 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter 2 S Elmhurst 3.5 in 0715 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter ...Richmond County... Dongan Hills 4.6 in 1000 AM 12/27 Public ...Rockland County... Stony Point 5.0 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS New Hempstead 0.6 SE 4.9 in 0919 AM 12/27 COCORAHS New City 4.2 in 0815 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter 1 E Congers 4.2 in 1030 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter Nyack 4.0 in 1225 PM 12/27 Trained Spotter ...Suffolk County... Orient 7.5 in 0615 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter Babylon 7.5 in 0645 AM 12/27 Amateur Radio Orient Point 7.5 in 0800 AM 12/27 COOP 1 W Shirley Airport 7.1 in 0914 AM 12/27 Public Mattituck 7.0 in 0840 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter Mount Sinai 7.0 in 0800 AM 12/27 COOP 2 SE Ridge 6.6 in 0904 AM 12/27 NWS Employee Islip Airport 6.6 in 0100 PM 12/27 Official NWS Obs Upton (NWS Office) 6.5 in 0100 PM 12/27 Official NWS Obs 1 NNE Manorville 6.3 in 0730 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter 1 WNW East Patchogue 6.3 in 0915 AM 12/27 Public Baiting Hollow 6.2 in 0700 AM 12/27 COOP 1 NNE Sayville 6.2 in 0700 AM 12/27 NWS Employee 1 NNW Remsenburg-Speonk 6.1 in 0740 AM 12/27 Public 3 WNW Riverhead 6.1 in 0922 AM 12/27 NWS Employee 2 NNW Islip 6.1 in 0935 AM 12/27 Public Brightwaters 6.0 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Center Moriches 5.9 in 0600 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Bridgehampton 5.9 in 0915 AM 12/27 COOP 1 WNW Sound Beach 5.8 in 0700 AM 12/27 Public Stony Brook 5.8 in 0700 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter 1 SSE Bohemia 5.6 in 0550 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter Setauket-East Setauket 2.1 W 5.5 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Holbrook 5.5 in 1030 AM 12/27 Public Fort Salonga 5.5 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Blue Point 0.3 ENE 5.4 in 0800 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Blue Point 5.4 in 0818 AM 12/27 Cocorahs Deer Park 5.3 in 0600 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter Deer Park 1.0 NE 5.3 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Islip Terrace 0.5 W 5.3 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS 1 N Smithtown 5.3 in 0920 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter 1 WSW Poquott 5.2 in 0425 AM 12/27 NWS Employee Bay Shore 5.2 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS 2 S Commack 5.2 in 1021 AM 12/27 Public 1 ESE East Patchogue 5.1 in 0541 AM 12/27 NWS Employee Sayville 5.1 in 0700 AM 12/27 NWS Employee 1 NE Lake Ronkonkoma 5.1 in 1000 AM 12/27 NWS Employee 1 SE East Northport 5.0 in 0930 AM 12/27 Public Centereach 5.0 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Nesconset 5.0 in 0928 AM 12/27 COCORAHS 1 S Centerport 4.7 in 1019 AM 12/27 CO-OP Observer 1 SW Sunken Meadow Park 4.6 in 0800 AM 12/27 NWS Employee Centerport 4.6 in 0700 AM 12/27 COOP 1 SW Mount Sinai 4.5 in 0739 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter 1 ENE Commack 4.5 in 0807 AM 12/27 Broadcast Media 1 S Nesconset 4.4 in 0933 AM 12/27 Public Amityville 0.3 NNW 4.4 in 1027 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Amityville 4.3 in 0830 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Mattituck 1.4 SSE 4.2 in 0700 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Amityville 4.0 in 0800 AM 12/27 COCORAHS 1 SW Amityville 3.5 in 1100 AM 12/27 Public Lindenhurst 1.0 NE 3.5 in 1100 AM 12/27 COCORAHS ...Westchester County... 2 ENE Peekskill 6.9 in 1000 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter Shrub Oak 6.0 in 0600 AM 12/27 COOP Peekskill 2.8 NNE 6.0 in 0800 AM 12/27 COCORAHS 1 N Port Chester 5.9 in 0857 AM 12/27 Public South Salem 5.9 in 0747 AM 12/27 COCORAHS 2 NNE White Plains 5.8 in 0800 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter 1 SE Croton-on-Hudson 5.7 in 0800 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter South Salem 5.4 in 0715 AM 12/27 COCORAHS White Plains 5.4 in 0800 AM 12/27 Amateur Radio Armonk 5.0 in 0800 AM 12/27 COCORAHS Thornwood 5.0 in 0800 AM 12/27 Amateur Radio 1 NNE Sleepy Hollow 5.0 in 1055 AM 12/27 Public 2 N White Plains 5.0 in 0900 AM 12/27 Trained Spotter 1 NNE Hastings-on-Hudson 5.0 in 0210 PM 12/27 Public 2 E Ossining 4.8 in 1047 AM 12/27 Public 1 E Scarsdale 4.5 in 0800 AM 12/27 Public 1 SSE Greenville 4.3 in 0800 AM 12/27 Public 1 NNW Tuckahoe 3.8 in 0757 AM 12/27 Public Mount Vernon 3.0 in 0800 AM 12/27 Amateur Radio 1 E Pelham Manor 2.8 in 0736 AM 12/27 Public |
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