Oct 29, 2017
A wave of low pressure formed along a slow moving cold front before rapidly deepening off the Mid Atlantic coast during the evening. With a tropical airmass being entrained into the system, rainfall totals across southeastern New York ranged from 2-6. A CWOP station in Jackson Heights, Queens, reported 5.57 of rain, with the ASOS at Central Park recording 3.25. Elsewhere, rainfall totals were as high as 5.12 in Peekskill (CWOP station) and 5.03 in Massapequa (CWOP station).
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 723794). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Westchester County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.