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June 22, 1972: Hurricane Agnes makes landfall near New York City and produces up to 12 inches (300 mm) of rain in Southeastern New York State and much of Western New York, with locally higher amounts. Storm tides of 3.1 feet (1 m) and wind gusts of 55 miles per hour (89 km/h) occur in New York City, and severe river flooding causes 24 deaths.
On September 29, 2023, heavy rainfall led to flooding across portions of the New York metropolitan area and surrounding areas in the United States. The floods were caused by a low-pressure area that had absorbed the remnants of Tropical Storm Ophelia, which then stalled over the New York City area.
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Snow Squalls, Blizzard Conditions Lead To Treacherous Travel As Winter Storm Slams Great Lakes, Northeast Winter weather alerts for more than 17 million people stretch from Michigan to Maine ...
The storm's ferocity and path drew comparisons to the 1938 Long Island Express, one of the worst storms in New England history. Its precursor was first identified well east of the Lesser Antilles on September 4, but the disturbance only became well organized enough to be considered a tropical cyclone on September 9 northeast of the Virgin Islands.
The National Weather Service office in New York reported that locally over 10 inches of rainfall were recorded in some areas in the storms from Saturday night through Monday morning.
The blizzard's intense wind gusts blowing over the warm waters of Lake Erie [6] triggered record lake-effect snow to Buffalo, New York, which at first fell as rain but later converted to snow and accumulated to 56.5 in (144 cm) over 5 days in Snyder adjacent to Buffalo, ending on December 27.