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New Yorkers Urged to Conserve Water During Ongoing Dry Conditions View Map of New York State Drought Conditions  Governor Kathy Hochul, with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, today announced a drought warning was issued in 12 counties in the Adirondack and Southern Tier regions and a drought watch was expanded to include […]

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View Map of New York State Drought Conditions Governor Kathy Hochul, with the New York State Department of Conservation, today announced a drought watch has been issued for 20 New York counties. The action was taken after consulting with the State Drought Management Task Force and federal partner agencies. New York State is encouraging residents […]

August 25, 2025 MYNBC5 Facebook Post – Notice the low Lake Champlain water level this past weekend? It is now the lowest for this point in August since 1950, a whopping 75 years ago. A challenge for some backyard boat docks! More typical of a fall level. This happened more frequently prior to 1965.  

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Showers and thunderstorms are likely this afternoon as a surface trough drags a boundary across the region. Showers will develop off the Greens around noon and slowly drift eastward across Vermont with additional chances in northern New York and the Champlain Valley. The main concern will be heavy rain and localized flash flooding.

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Since 1900, annual temperatures in Vermont have increased by about 2 degrees Fahrenheit, and annual precipitation has increased by 21% over the same span, according to the state. Click here for the VTDigger story 

While showers and thunderstorms are still expected late Friday night and into Saturday, the track for heaviest rainfall is shifting north. With that, rainfall totals have come down a bit, with a general 1″-2″ inches of rainfall expected through Saturday night. Even with the decreased totals, Some of the storms may train (multiple storms over […]

We reached a bunch of records in the previous heat event, with the most notable one being Plattsburgh tying its all time highest temperature of 101 degrees

Temperatures and humidity levels will both fall through the rest of the week Click here for the MYNBC5 story 

The State of Emergency includes Albany, Bronx, Broome, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Dutchess, Essex, Greene, Kings, Madison, Nassau, New York, Oneida, Onondaga, Orange, Otsego, Putnam, Queens, Rensselaer, Richmond, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Suffolk, Tioga, Ulster, Warren, Washington, Westchester and contiguous counties. Governor Kathy Hochul today declared a State of Emergency in 32 counties in response […]

NWS Burlington Nighttime thunderstorms are expected to develop tonight through Sunday morning, bringing frequent lightning, heavy rain, and damaging winds. Heat will build behind the storms on Sunday and peak on Monday.

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Batten down the hatches! We will see some widespread gusty winds materialize around daybreak on Friday and continue into the early afternoon. West winds of 20-30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph could cause minor tree damage and/or scattered power outages.

Warm to hot temperatures and muggy conditions will help increase the risk of isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms. The main time window will be between 2 PM and 8 PM. Storms could produce a variety of weather hazards today. After the front, gusts up to 35 mph are possible.

An Air Quality Health Advisory has been issued for Friday, June 6, 2025 for the following regions: Adirondacks Eastern Lake Ontario Western New York. This advisory is effective 10:00 am until 11:59 pm. The pollutant of concern is Fine Particles. To see the daily Air Quality Index (AQI) forecast for New York State, visit our […]

Our warm weather streak is over for awhile. Rain showers remain in the forecast, but no thunderstorms are expected today.\n\nYesterday, Montpelier and Plattsburgh broke daily record precipitation amounts of 1.86″ (besting 1.11″ in 1970) and 1.47″ (besting 0.83″ of 2014).

NWS Burlington Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Plattsburgh NY, Dannemora NY and Keeseville NY until 3:15 PM EDT

NWS Burlington – 6AM – 5/9/25  Rain has begun to overspread the region this morning with rain likely to linger well into Saturday for many locations. A flood watch remains in effect for portions of central and southern Vermont into Saturday with the main focus on poor drainage, urban, and nuisance flooding.

National Weather Service – Burlington Measurements in Burlington, Vermont, have now shown an impressive six consecutive Saturdays with measurable precipitation.