Winter Weather — New York (manhattan), New York

2018-02-17 to 2018-02-18 · New York (manhattan), New York

Event narrative

The Official NWS Observation at Central Park, NY was 4.4 inches of snow. The public also reported 5 inches in Yorkville.

Wider weather episode

A low pressure developed along a frontal boundary along the southeast coast on the evening of Saturday, February 17, 2018. This low gradually became better organized as it moved up the coast towards the 40N/70W benchmark early Sunday, February 18, 2018. This system brought heavy snow to portions of the Lower Hudson Valley and light to moderate snow across the New York City Metropolitan and western Long Island.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 741018. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.