Welcome back to a rainy Upstate NY day! It has been a while since we have seen this! GREAT THING! Because the rivers and streams are VERY LOW. In some cases near if not at RECORD LOWS for this time of year. Oh nelly! Guess what? MORE RAIN IS COMING! Will it break the drought? Nope. But it will help!
Seriously. This will help. I am sorry my attention was focused squarely on SNOW BASH which went great this past weekend from what I understand. Then the rains came. And they have continued to pout down today. Some places got over 1/2 inch to an inch of rain already! With how bone dry it has been the last two months, DO NOT THINK this resets everything back to the usual wet pattern we have been in most of the time. Nope. It’s dry! So what happens next?
One more wave of rain this evening and into tomorrow morning. Most of this rain will stay in the Southern Tier, Catskills, Capital Region and the Hudson Valley. Less of it in Central NY and in the Adirondacks. Little to none in Western and Northern NY.
Most of Wednesday and into Wednesday Night should be dry with only light showers and mostly cloudy skies ahead. Then the storm system approaches southern Ontario on Thursday. It goes warm sector. Means a period of rain then potentially breaking out into sunshine for a time. Then stronger thunderstorms to possibly severe thunderstorms Thursday afternoon and into Thursday night.
On Friday as the storm pulls away, lingering moisture may provide some extra clouds and a few pop up showers but nothing as bad as what will be happening over the next 48 hours. For this weekend and into next week: Sunny and warm conditions will prevail. 70s by day. 40s by night. This plan will continue well into next week and we will start October the same way we ended September: WARM. AND DRY. This means savor any rain we get the next few days. Seriously.
Take a look at this map. This is 10 days from now. It’s a solid 10 to 15 degrees above normal. If not more. It’s bordering on summertime weather in early October. If not, summertime weather. We are nowhere close to where we need to be.
THANK YOU to the 9th Annual John Schoff Polaris Memorial Ride for being our latest sponsor on Upstate Snow! The ride will be on Saturday January 10th. Last year was a great year for it after generational heavy snows off of Lake Ontario during the first week of January. That’s what got us up there!
Our list of returning sponsors is growing! A majority of last year sponsors have renewed (just a few left). Want to join in?
$15
For 15 dollars, less than the cost to join your club, you can become a PERSONAL MEMBER of Upstate Snow!
You will get a return note with a THANK YOU from us along with one Upstate Snow sticker! You will also receive your name on our growing list of people and businesses. Yours will be at the bottom of the page.
$75
For $75 dollars, you can become a BUSINESS MEMBER of Upstate Snow! You will get not just a return THANK YOU but FIVE Upstate Snow stickers! Your business name will appear on our list of growing businesses along with the link to the website of your choice. Yours will appear above the personal members.
$250
For $250 dollars, you can become a BUSINESS SPONSOR of Upstate Snow! You get a 200 X 200 banner ad on the site which lasts until September 30, 2026. You also get 16 Upstate Snow stickers, and first line recognition on everything our site does in the next year.
$500
For $500 dollars, you can become a BUSINESS CHAMPION of Upstate Snow! You get a 200 X 800 banner ad on the site which lasts until September 30, 2026. You also get 32 Upstate Snow stickers, and top line recognition on everything our site does every year above everyone and everything else. You are the first sponsor mentioned all the time.
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Zack and Rich Lupia
Upstate Snow
September 23, 2025
Please thank our advertisers on Upstate Snow!
Business Sponsorship
Ohio Ridge Riders (To 9/30/26)
Enjem’s Flooring America (To 9/30/26)
ilsnow.com (To 9/30/26)
Saratoga Snowmobile Association (To 9/30/26)
Southern Tug Hill Snow-Riders
Great Lakes Equipment
Business Member
John Schoff Polaris Memorial Ride (To 1/10/26)
Paton & Son Excavating and Landscaping
Wedge Life
Personal Member
Charles A. Klesse Sr. (To 9/30/26)
Jim and Colleen Andre
