Winter Weather — Northern Queens, New York

2023-02-27 to 2023-02-28 · Northern Queens, New York

Event narrative

A general 2 to 3 inches of snow was reported across the zone. LaGuardia reported 2.3 inches of snow, and a public report of 3.2 inches in Whitestone. A Cocorahs report came in at 2.5 inches at 0.3 SE Little Neck.

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 1075122. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.