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NBC New York Updated December 16, 2024 at 6:37 AM For the counties under the advisory, people will likely see snow initially before transitioning to freezing rain overnight.
This might be a New Year’s ball drop we’d all like to soon forget. The estimated 1 million revelers set to ring in 2025 in the Big Apple are in for a very soggy time in Times Square, with rain ...
Since Aug. 20, Islip, located on central Long Island, has received only 0.40 of an inch of rain, compared to a historical average of 7.20 inches or 5% of the recent 30-year normal.
The criteria for this warning vary from state to state, but typically an ice storm warning will be issued any time more than 1 ⁄ 4 inch (6.4 mm) of ice at peak is expected to accumulate in an area, else a freezing rain or drizzle advisory is issued; in some areas, the criterion is 1 ⁄ 2 inch (13 mm) instead. [1]
Because freezing rain does not hit the ground as an ice pellet (called "sleet") but still as a rain droplet, it conforms to the shape of the ground, or object such as a tree branch or car. This makes one thick layer of ice, often called "glaze". Freezing rain and glaze ice on a large scale is called an ice storm. Effects on plants can be severe ...
A winter storm is an event in which wind coincides with varieties of precipitation that only occur at freezing temperatures, such as snow, mixed snow and rain, or freezing rain. In temperate continental and subarctic climates, these storms are not necessarily restricted to the winter season, but may occur in the late autumn and early spring as ...
Until Tuesday, Oct. 30, when the city finally measured a scant 0.01 of an inch of rain, it hadn't rained in New York City in 29 days with Sept. 30 being the last time it experienced any measurable ...
The Great Lakes region of New York sees the highest annual rain and snow amounts in the state of New York, and heavy lake-effect snow is common in both western and central New York in winter. In the hotter months, large, long-lived complexes of thunderstorms can invade the state from points to the west, while tropical cyclones can bring rains ...