Event Summary

An intensifying low pressure system taking shape over the lower Mississippi Valley the morning of Saturday the 14th moved to a position south of Long Island by the morning of the 15th. This low brought heavy snow and some freezing rain to the upper boroughs of New York City northward into the Lower Hudson Valley. A spotter on the Upper West Side measured 6 inches of snow. Central Park measured 5 inches of snow. Spotters reported widespread snowfall totals of 5 to 7.1 inches.