Winter Weather in Kings (brooklyn), New York

A wet snow accumulated across Brooklyn after initially beginning as a wintry mix. Most amounts ranged from 2 to 4 inches. Snow totals included; 3.0 inches in Midwood via a trained spotter, and other 2 to 4 inch reports.

Low pressure across the Tennessee Valley and the Gulf states tracked tracked north, and redeveloped and intensified rapidly off the Mid Atlantic coast. A heavy wet snowfall occurred across much of Southeastern New York, with lesser amounts across portions of the coast, especially along and closer to the south shore and eastern third of Long Island. Marginal surface temperatures precluded higher snow amounts in urban locations and further south and east. A combination of over 250 crashes and accidents were reported across Long Island during the storm from state and county law enforcement officials.