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SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE

141446

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Event typeevent_typeExtreme Cold/Wind Chill
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id141,446
Episode IDepisode_id24,310
Begin UTCbegin_utc2009-01-14T05:00:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2009-01-18T17:00:00+00:00
StatestateNEW YORK
County/zone typecz_typeZ
County/zone namecz_nameSOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE
Deaths directdeaths_direct0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceCOOP Observer
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeAn arctic cold front moved across northern New York during the late evening of January 13th which delivered some of the coldest temperatures across the region in several years. As the arctic front passed across northern New York on the night of the 13th, temperatures plummeted over 20 degrees within a few hours. Massena reported a 20 degree temperature drop within an hour...going from 30 degrees at 9 pm EST to 10 degrees at 10 pm EST.||Temperatures averaged 20 to 25 degrees below normal values, which were already at climatological winter minimums. Daytime maximum temperatures ranged from single digits above and below zero during this stretch while nighttime minimums were 10 to 30 below zero.||Massena (St. Lawrence county) experienced temperatures at or below zero for 76 consecutive hours, between 1 am EST January 14th to 5 am EST January 17th.||Some observed minimum temperatures for January 15th included: 27 degrees below zero at Massena, Norfolk (St. Lawrence county), Brasher Falls (Franklin county) and Ellenburg Depot (Clinton county) with 22 degrees below zero at Fort Covington (St. Lawrence county) and Malone (Franklin county) and 20 degrees below zero at Saranac Lake.||Some observed minimum temperatures for January 16th included: 31 degrees below in Newcomb (Essex county), 28 degrees below in Gouverneur (St. Lawrence county), 27 degrees below zero in Saranac Lake (Franklin county), 25 degrees below zero in Plattsburgh (Clinton county) and 23 degrees below zero in Massena and Edwards (St. Lawrence county).||These extremely cold temperatures led to numerous cold weather related problems including numerous dead vehicle batteries and broken water pipes.
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