NYS Weather Services Releases 2023 Top Five Weather Stories

BoroPark24 Staff

The NYS Weather Services released 2023's top five weather stories of the year. 

Boro Park residents endured all five of the major weather events listed, some more than others, such as the second-place weather story of the year, which was the extended smoke event caused by drifting smoke from the Canadian wildfires. This left Boro Park residents suffering from orange haze and poor air quality that went on for days in early June, as reported by BoroPark24 here and here.

Third place was the extensive flash flooding across the NYC Metro on September 29. "A widespread 3-6" of rain fell with localized 7-9"," NYS Weather Services posted on X. "Many major roads & highways were closed, with many motorists stranded, necessitating water rescues. Mass transit was also severely disrupted.

In first place as the NYS Weather Services top story of the year was the July 9-10 flash flooding, which caused extensive damage throughout Rockland County. Creeks, streams, and brooks overflowed their banks, motorists had to be rescued with swift water equipment, and there was damage to the critical roadways that took months to repair.

The NYS Weather Services, awarded fourth place to the multiple rounds of showers and storms that occurred from Motzei Shabbos, August 12, into early Sunday morning, August 13. The storm was particularly newsworthy given that about 25,000 strikes occurred.

Last but not least, according to the NYS Weather Services post on X was "The only notable snow event of winter," which occurred February 27-28 as reported by BoroPark24 here. "Snowfall totals were mainly light ranging from 1-3", but some locations did receive higher amounts closer to 6" across the interior."