Heavy Snow — Putnam, New York

2023-02-27 to 2023-02-28 · Putnam, New York

Event narrative

Heavy snow was reported across the county. Snowfall reports included 6.5 inches at 2W Putnam Valley, 6.0 inches from Cold Spring, and 5.0 inches from COOP at Carmel Hamlet.

Wider weather episode

Weak high pressure and a marginally cold air mass was locked into the northeast with blocking to the north across Eastern Canada, while low pressure over the Midwest moved east and redeveloped off the Northern Mid Atlantic coast. This led to the first widespread accumulating snowfall across the CWA.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1074822. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.