January 4, 2026 Light Snow

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An upper level trough behind a departing offshore low pressure brought a period of light snow early on Sunday, January 4. Amounts were generally under an inch, but a few spots in interior Southwest Connecticut, and northern Westchester received around an inch of snow.

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(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          1.6 in    0827 AM 01/04   Trained Spotter      
Easton                       1.0 in    0751 AM 01/04   Public               
Fairfield                    1.0 in    0758 AM 01/04   Public               
Bethel                       1.0 in    0815 AM 01/04   COCORAHS             
Brookfield                   1.0 in    0700 AM 01/04   COCORAHS             
Sandy Hook                   1.0 in    0900 AM 01/04   COCORAHS             
1 E Sherman                  1.0 in    0700 AM 01/04   Cocorahs             
Bethel                       0.9 in    0834 AM 01/04   COCORAHS             
Shelton                      0.8 in    0830 AM 01/04   COCORAHS             
3 WSW Shelton                0.8 in    0841 AM 01/04   Cocorahs             
New Canaan                   0.7 in    0700 AM 01/04   COCORAHS             
New Canaan                   0.6 in    0800 AM 01/04   COCORAHS             
Norwalk                      0.5 in    0700 AM 01/04   COCORAHS             
Darien                       0.2 in    0700 AM 01/04   COCORAHS             
Stamford 1.0 S               0.2 in    0800 AM 01/04   COCORAHS             

...Middlesex County...
Higganum                     0.5 in    0800 AM 01/04   COCORAHS             
Old Saybrook 2.9 NNE         0.3 in    0825 AM 01/04   COCORAHS             
2 S Killingworth             0.3 in    0930 AM 01/04   Broadcast Media      

...New Haven County...
Waterbury                    1.5 in    0900 AM 01/04   COCORAHS             
Seymour                      1.3 in    0800 AM 01/04   Broadcast Media      
Wolcott                      1.0 in    0847 AM 01/04   Public               
2 NW Hamden                  0.8 in    0846 AM 01/04   Trained Spotter      
Yalesville                   0.8 in    0835 AM 01/04   COCORAHS             
1 NW Ansonia                 0.7 in    0752 AM 01/04   Public                     
Hamden                       0.7 in    0730 AM 01/04   COCORAHS     

...New London County...
New London                   0.1 in    0855 AM 01/04   COCORAHS

New Jersey


  Location                    Amount    Time/Date      Provider

...Bergen County...
Montvale 1.8 ESE             0.4 in    0800 AM 01/04   COCORAHS             

...Essex County...
Newark Airport                T in     0800 AM 01/04   Official NWS Obs     

...New York...

...Nassau County...
2 S Farmingdale              0.2 in    0838 AM 01/04   Public               
1 WSW Plainview              0.2 in    0914 AM 01/04   Public               
1 ENE East Meadow            0.2 in    0858 AM 01/04   Emergency Mngr

New York


  Location                    Amount    Time/Date      Provider

...Nassau County...
2 S Farmingdale              0.2 in    0838 AM 01/04   Public               
1 WSW Plainview              0.2 in    0914 AM 01/04   Public               
1 ENE East Meadow            0.2 in    0858 AM 01/04   Emergency Mngr       

...New York (Manhattan) County...
Central Park                  T in     0800 AM 01/04   Official NWS Obs     

...Orange County...
4 SSE Chester                0.9 in    0700 AM 01/04   COCORAHS             
2 SSW Pine Bush              0.5 in    0909 AM 01/04   Trained Spotter      
Port Jervis                  0.4 in    0630 AM 01/04   COCORAHS             
Warwick                      0.3 in    0700 AM 01/04   COCORAHS             
Greenwood Lake               0.1 in    0800 AM 01/04   COCORAHS             

...Putnam County...
Cold Spring                  0.7 in    0700 AM 01/04   COCORAHS             
Nelsonville 0.3 S            0.5 in    0700 AM 01/04   COCORAHS             

...Queens County...
Kennedy Airport               T in     0800 AM 01/04   Official NWS Obs     
NYC/La Guardia                T in     0800 AM 01/04   Official NWS Obs     

...Rockland County...
New Hempstead 0.6 SE         0.2 in    0840 AM 01/04   COCORAHS             
Stony Point                  0.1 in    0700 AM 01/04   COCORAHS             

...Suffolk County...
Mount Sinai                  0.5 in    0930 AM 01/04   Public               
Upton (NWS Office)           0.4 in    0936 AM 01/04   Official NWS Obs                 
1 SE East Quogue             0.4 in    0920 AM 01/04   NWS Employee         
Port Jefferson Station       0.4 in    0830 AM 01/04   COCORAHS             
Mattituck                    0.3 in    1001 AM 01/04   Trained Spotter      
Islip Airport                0.3 in    0940 AM 01/04   Official NWS Obs     
Nesconset                    0.3 in    0915 AM 01/04   COCORAHS             
Baiting Hollow               0.2 in    0700 AM 01/04   COOP                 
Orient Point                 0.2 in    0800 AM 01/04   COOP                 

...Westchester County...
Somers                       1.0 in    0753 AM 01/04   Public               
South Salem                  1.0 in    0715 AM 01/04   COCORAHS             
South Salem                  1.0 in    0747 AM 01/04   COCORAHS             
Armonk                       0.5 in    0800 AM 01/04   COCORAHS

Click here for an interactive version of this loop. Radar loop courtesy of the Iowa Environmental Mesonet and is from 1:00 AM EST Sunday, January 4 through 10:00 AM EST Sunday, January 4.

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