Between 1 and three inches of snow fell throughout New York Metropolis on Sunday, whereas some suburban areas noticed almost 5 inches.
Contained in the 5 boroughs, probably the most snow was tallied in Dongan Hills on Staten Island, which noticed 3.3 inches, in keeping with the Nationwide Climate Service. Solely an inch fell in Central Park, whereas the excessive of two.5 inches in Brooklyn was recorded in Flatbush.
The snow fell in two main batches on Sunday, first a lighter dusting within the morning, then in heavier bunches within the late afternoon and into the night. Not like the snow that fell Saturday, Sunday’s snow caught to the bottom in beneath freezing temperatures.
A blue jay within the snow at Van Cortlandt Park within the Bronx on Sunday. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Every day Information)
Orange, N.J., noticed the very best regional complete at 4.5 inches, in keeping with the Nationwide Climate Service. A number of areas in northern New Jersey recorded at the least 3 inches of snow.
In the meantime in Connecticut, almost 4 inches of snow fell in and round Bridgeport whereas the remainder of the state obtained between 1 and three inches.
Snow on the bottom at Van Cortlandt Park within the Bronx on Sunday. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Every day Information)
The snow additionally wreaked havoc on journey within the area over the vacation weekend, with LaGuardia Airport main the nation in cancellations on Sunday, whereas John F. Kennedy Airport was second. Between the 2 airports, greater than 300 flights out and in of the town have been canceled whereas almost 1,000 have been delayed, in keeping with flight monitoring web site FlightAware.
