High Wind — Orleans, New York

2023-03-25 to 2023-03-26 · Orleans, New York

Wider weather episode

Strong low pressure tracking across the lower Great Lakes to Quebec and a cold front brought a period of strong downslope winds along Lake Erie over far southwest New York during the daytime hours on the 25th. The more widespread strong and damaging winds from this event occurred from the evening of the 25th into the very early morning hours of the 26th. The strongest wind gusts observed were 69 mph at the Niagara Falls Airport and Rochester Airport and 68 mph at the Buffalo airport.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1089854. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.