New York City’s biggest winter storm in five years had dumped at least 10 inches of snow in Central Park by Monday morning, with below-freezing temperatures all week expected to keep the snow from melting for days.
More than 11,000 flights were canceled nationwide Sunday, the bulk of them in the Northeast. JFK, LaGuardia and Newark Liberty International airports had seen half their flights canceled by 7 a.m., and La Guardia had been closed Sunday until 8 p.m.
Parts of the Hudson Valley got 18 inches or more, with similar totals recorded throughout the tristate area. Parts of the Bronx and Brooklyn saw a foot of snow, ranging from an 8-inch minimum in Crown Heights to 13.5 inches in Fordham in the Bronx. Fifteen inches fell on Washington Heights in Manhattan.
Snow fell throughout Sunday and was tapering off Monday.
“Any leftover light snow will come to an end later this morning or early this afternoon,” the NWS New York office said, noting that temperatures would stay below freezing for the rest of the week and would not top 30 on Monday.
While the winter storm warning had been discontinued, icy roadways and walkways meant “lingering hazardous travel conditions” and “very little snow melt,” with expected wind chills “struggling to get out of the middle and upper teens,” the NWS said.
