April snowstorm hits New York City area
NEW YORK (FOX5NY) - Spring is here but winter is trying to have one more moment. A minor snowstorm caused a bit of a mess for the start of the week.
Snow started falling before sunrise on Monday and continued until about noon.
Most areas in and around New York City saw between 4 and 6 inches of snow with a slushy mess on the roads. Some areas saw higher accumulation.
Monday afternoon the snow was expected to start melting as the temperatures rise with partly sunny skies. Temperatures hit the lower 40s in the late afternoon.
Temperatures will continue to rebound on Tuesday.
Unofficial snowfall observations posted by the National Weather Service.
New York
Bronx County
Pelham Parkway House 6.5
Fordham 6.5
Parkchester 5.5
Kings County
Red Hook 4.0
Sheepshead Bay 4.0
Nassau County
Centre Island 7.0
Manhasset 6.3
Oyster Bay 6.3
Massapequa 5.6
Bethpage 4.8
Old Bethpage 4.5
East Meadow 4.5
Wantagh 3.9
New York County
Gramercy Park 6.2
Stuyvesant Town 5.7
Central Park 5.5
Harlem 3.1
Orange County
Monroe 6.0
New Windsor 4.9
Westtown 4.1
Putnam County
Mahopac 6.0
Putnam Valley 5.7
Brewster 5.5
Queens County
Whitestone 6.4
Bayside 6.2
Little Neck 5.8
LaGuardia Airport 5.5
Astoria 5.4
Rego Park 4.6
JFK Airport 3.7
Richmond County
Richmond 2.2
Rockland County
Chestnut Ridge 5.8
Nyack 4.3
Suffolk County
Sayville 6.6
Riverhead 6.2
Smithtown 6.1
West Babylon 5.9
East Hampton 5.5
Patchogue 5.3
Commack 5.0
Ronkonkoma 4.3
Southampton 2.8
Westchester County
White Plains 7.8
New Rochelle 7.6
Yonkers 7.5
Armonk 6.6
Croton-On-Hudson 6.4
Mount Kisco 6.2
NEW JERSEY
Bergen County
Westwood 7.1
Ridgewood 6.5
East Rutherford 6.1
Mahwah 6.1
Englewood 5.9
Essex County
Bloomfield 7.5
West Orange 7.0
Hudson County
Kearny 6.8
Harrison 6.5
CONNECTICUT
Fairfield County.
New Canaan 7.5
Norwalk 6.5
Trumbull 6.5
Danbury 5.6
Stamford 5.2