{"id":113667,"date":"2026-01-27T07:53:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T07:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/113667\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T07:53:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T07:53:14","slug":"heres-how-much-snow-winter-storm-fern-dumped-on-nyc-with-more-on-the-way-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/113667\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s how much snow Winter Storm Fern dumped on NYC \u2013 with more on the way"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The monster winter storm that walloped the Big Apple <\/a>on Sunday unloaded snow totals that New Yorkers haven\u2019t seen in years \u2014 and more flurries may be on the way soon.<\/p>\n

Winter Storm Fern\u2019s highest snowfall count in the five boroughs as of 1 a.m. Monday was in Washington Heights, where a whopping 14.9 inches was measured,\u00a0according to the National Weather Service.<\/a><\/p>\n

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A worker clears snow from the entrance to a parking lot during Winter Storm Fern in New York City. REUTERS<\/p>\n

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Monday\u2019s snowfall was expected to taper off completely by 1 p.m. in the city, though below-freezing temperatures are forecast to continue into next week, the NWS said. NWS<\/p>\n

The winter storm \u2014 which pushed schools to virtual,\u00a0delayed mass transit<\/a>\u00a0and saw New Yorkers engaging in bizarre snow day activities like massive snowball fights and\u00a0cross-country skiing in Times Square\u00a0\u2014 broke a daily snow record in Central Park on Jan. 25 with 11.4 inches of snowfall. It\u2019s also the first time the city got more than a foot of snow\u00a0since February 2021.<\/a><\/p>\n

The highest snowfall totals reported around other boroughs include 14 inches in Huguenot, Staten Island; 13.5 inches in Fordham, the Bronx; 12 inches in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and 11.1 inches in Whitestone, Queens.<\/p>\n

Towns just outside the Big Apple, like Tenafly in New Jersey\u2019s Bergen County, saw more than 16 inches of snow, the National Weather Service said.<\/p>\n

Centre Island in Long Island\u2019s Nassau County reported 15.3 inches of snow, and Westchester County\u2019s Somers saw a jaw-dropping 17 inches.<\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s snowfall was expected to taper off completely by 1 p.m. in the city, though below-freezing temperatures are forecast to continue into next week, the NWS said.<\/p>\n

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The storm dumped snow on the city in amounts not seen in years. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the wake of the storm, communities from the Southern Plains to the Northeast will contend with bitterly cold temperatures that will hamper cleanup efforts, prolong infrastructure impacts and maintain hazardous travel for several days,\u201d the agency said.<\/p>\n

Some 1,300 flights in and out of New York City\u2019s airports were still canceled Monday, and a\u00a0swath of delays \u2014 some \u201csevere\u201d \u2014 are in effect on local subways<\/a>, according to the MTA.<\/p>\n

Follow The Post\u2019s live coverage on Winter Storm Fern<\/a><\/p>\n

Both the Long Island Rail Road and NJ Transit are operating on a weekend schedule.<\/p>\n

The next time Gotham could see flurries is next Sunday, with a \u201cchance\u201d for snow, according to AccuWeather\u2019s seven-day forecast.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, the city is warning that the lingering Arctic freeze could also create dangerously slippery roads and sidewalks.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough the accumulating snow has ended, roadways and walkways will remain icy and slippery with some occasional light snow and flurries through this morning,\u201d the city\u2019s emergency notification system posted on X Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cExercise caution if traveling.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The monster winter storm that walloped the Big Apple on Sunday unloaded snow totals that New Yorkers haven\u2019t…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[50543,534,9,24,56,63,65,64,49183,29568],"class_list":["post-113667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-flurries","tag-national-weather-service","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-snowfall-totals","tag-winter-storm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}