Saturday saw yet another in what has seemed an endless string of snowstorms this winter. Though this storm was timely enough not to interfere with most children’s schooling, it still made for difficult travel and icy road conditions—a plane at LaGuardia Airport was even grounded for the night after being struck by a de-icing vehicle on the runway.
Nassau County and Western Suffolk were fortunate enough to only see a small amount of accumulation, topping out at just over 3 inches for Nassau, but Eastern Suffolk saw as much as 7.5 inches of fresh snow pile up on top of all that had already fallen in the past two weeks. Below are the accumulation totals for Long Island, as reported by the National Weather Service.
Nassau County
- Floral Park - 1.9 inches
- Levittown - 1.5 inches
- Massapequa - 2.0 inches
- Plainview - 3.1 inches
- Wantagh - 1.3 inches
Suffolk County
- Bay Shore - 2.3 inches
- Centereach - 2.7 inches
- Cutchogue - 2.5 inches
- East Hampton - 7.5 inches
- East Moriches - 2 inches
- East Setauket - 2.5 inches
- Greenport - 4 inches
- Hauppauge - 2.5 inches
- Islip- 1 inch
- Islip Airport- 3 inches
- Jamesport - 4 inches
- Lake Grove - 2.1 inches
- Lake Ronkonkoma - 2.6 inches
- Mattituck - 4 inches
- Middle Island - 2.2 inches
- Montauk - 5.5 inches
- Moriches - 1.5 inches
- North Babylon - 2.9 inches
- Oakdale - 3 inches
- Orient - 7 inches
- Port Jefferson - 2.7 inches
- Quogue - 4 inches
- Ricerhead - 3.1 inches
- Saint James - 2.9 inches
- Sayville - 2.2 inches
- Selden - inches
- Shoreham - 2.3 inches
- Sound Beach - 1.8 inches
- Southampton - 6.5 inches
- Stony Brook - 2.9 inches
- Upton - 3.2 inches
- Westhampton Beach - 3 inches
- Yaphank - 2.5 inches
Nearby, in Manhattan's Central Park, a measurement of 1.6 inches was reported, and up in Westchester Country, the snowfall totals ranged from 1 to 1.5 inches.
More snow may fall today after 3 PM, but it will be only a light flurry with no significant accumulation. On Monday, however, there is now an 80% chance of precipitation with less than an inch accumulating at night, continuing into Tuesday afternoon with 1-3 inches possible. The snow may change to rain as temperatures reach the high 30’s after 2 PM.
[Source: National Weather Service]
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