Winter Weather — Bronx, New York

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

Event narrative

Not many reports came in for this county / zone, but the few reports received included a public report of 5.6 inches at 1 NE Fordham and 4.5 inches in Yonkers just above the northern border of the zone. Amounts in the zone fell below warning criteria. it appears amounts were on the order of 4 to 5 inches.

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 1075134. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.