Winter Weather — Northern Queens, New York

2025-01-19 to 2025-01-20 · Northern Queens, New York

Event narrative

An Official NWS Observation from LaGuardia Airport reported 3.6 inches of snow. A Cocorahs observer reported 2.8 inches at 0.3 SE Little Neck and a trained spotter reported 2.0 inches in Little Neck, with the public reported 2.7 inches at 2 ENE Fresh Meadows and 2.7 inches at 1 SE Fresh Meadows. The zone was right at the cusp of advisory level criteria.

Wider weather episode

A cold front pushed through, with a secondary cold frontal boundary lingering back to the west. Low pressure formed along the boundary and began to strengthen as it pulled away quickly to the east and northeast. The accumulating snow was generated mainly from frontogenetical forcing which occurred to the north and west of the developing surface low. Winter Storm criteria was reached in Orange and Putnam Counties, but fell just short of warning criteria across Northern Westchester. The remainder of SE New York either achieved advisory criteria or fell just short of advisory criteria.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1224951. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.