Blizzard in Kings (brooklyn), New York

Frequent wind gusts of over 50 mph with JFK ASOS reporting a 62 mph gust at 5:17 am, a 64 mph gust at Kew Garden Hills NYS mesonet at 3:20 am, and a 50 mph gust reported at 2:16 am at the Breezy Point mesonet station, and a 57 mph gust reported at Brooklyn College NYSM station at 5:10 am; along with frequent visibilities of a quarter mile or less were reported at the JFK ASOS. Snowfall amounts reported across the zone ranged just on either side of 20 inches across the zone via public reports, trained spotters, and the official NWS observation at JFK airport.

Low pressure in the gulf states moved northeast and intensified along and off the Mid Atlantic coast with the consolidated of mid level energy resulting in a major Nor'easter which brought blizzard and near blizzard conditions to Southeastern New York. The storm became vertically stacked and it slowly pulled away to the east and brought a heavy to major snowfall across Southeastern New York with blizzard conditions across Southern Westchester, New York City, and Long Island. Winter storm and near blizzard conditions were reported across the remainder of Southeastern New York. A major snowfall occurred region wide, with portions of the region receiving historic snowfall totals.

A college student died from carbon monoxide poisoning while charging his cell phone during the blizzard. Also, there were 5 snow shoveling-related deaths on Long Island after the blizzard.