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August 22, 2021: Hurricane Henri passes just east of Montauk Point as a tropical storm, but pummels Long Island and New York City with heavy rain. [186] Hurricane Henri's two day rainfall total in New York City was the largest since Hurricane Irene, and the rainfall total of 4.45 in (11.3 cm) on August 21 set a daily rainfall record.
Most of Western New York, Central New York, the mid-Hudson Valley and the Catskills have moderate temperatures but are usually humid, with average maximum temperatures ranging 80 °F–85 °F (26–29 °C). [3] Nights in central New York state are often muggy, minimums averaging between 61 °F–67 °F (16–19 °C).
All subway, bus, and commuter rail service in New York City was halted [12] at noon on August 27, [10] with John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport also closing. [13] The New York International Fringe Festival cancelled all performances for August 27, and 28, as did all Broadway shows for those days. [14]
The western part of the contiguous United States west of the 98th meridian, the mountains of the Pacific Northwest, the Willamette Valley, and the Sierra Nevada range are the wetter portions of the nation, with average rainfall exceeding 30 inches (760 mm) per year. The drier areas are the Desert Southwest, Great Basin, valleys of northeast ...
From Virginia through New Jersey, 5 inches (130 mm) of rain were reported, while New York and Pennsylvania experienced 10 inches (250 mm). Westminster, Maryland received the maximum amount from the storm in this region with a total of 14.23 inches (361 mm). [ 76 ]
The National Weather Service said Debby could slam New York by Friday morning, with winds around 20 to 30 miles per hour and potential wind gusts up to 45 miles per hour.
This is a list of places in Nassau County, New York. [1] Nassau County, on Long Island, became a county in the U.S. state of New York in 1899 after separating from Queens County. Included in the list are two cities, three towns, 64 incorporated villages, and 63 unincorporated hamlets whose names are used for overlapping Census-designated places ...
At least 43 people died in New York City as a result of the storm, and 53 in the state. Thousands of homes and an estimated 250,000 vehicles were destroyed during the storm, and the economic losses in New York City were estimated to be roughly $19 billion [3] with an estimated $32.8 billion required for restoration across the state. [4]