Parts of New York's Hudson Valley dumped up to 15 inches of snow in this weekend's nor'easter, but five boroughs received mostly dry rain, extending New York City's nearly 700-day snow drought.
Plattekill, Ulster County, had recorded 14.6 inches of snow by 8 a.m. Sunday, Norfolk, Conn., had 12 inches and Poughkeepsie had 11.5 inches, according to the Fox Prediction Center.
Forecasters said only 0.2 inches of powder had accumulated in Manhattan's Central Park on Saturday evening before the snow turned to rain and sleet.
New York City has yet to receive more than an inch of snow since February 2022.
“We haven't broken an inch of snowfall standards in 692 days,” Fox Weather meteorologist Marissa Lautenbacher told the Post Sunday morning.
Rautenbacher said rain is expected to continue to fall in New York City well into Sunday afternoon before the storm moves out of the region, while snow is expected to continue falling in the interior of the tri-state area.
New York Gov. Cathy Hochul said Saturday that at least 8 inches of snow was expected to fall in two-thirds of the Empire State, calling it “lucky” that “more populated areas of the state” were spared from the storm. said.
“That's the equivalent of a fairly steep slope of snow, where in New York City we're basically getting close to zero snow, whereas just 50 miles away we're literally getting a foot of snow.” Lautenbacher said.
A total of just 2.3 inches of snow fell in the Big Apple last year, the lowest amount on record for a city that until recently saw more than a foot of snow, largely due to unseasonably warm weather.
New Yorkers shouldn't get their hopes up for snow any time soon, Rautenbacher warns.
The next storm headed for the region is expected to start in the central United States and move north, bringing even more rain.
Once again, we're on the warmer side of the storm, so there will be more rain threats and associated flooding. It's like New York just wasn't cold enough,” Lautenbacher said.
