A storm system on Saturday introduced heavy rain to the Northeast and heavy snow to elements of New England and Northern New York, leaving greater than 300,000 households in a number of states with out electrical energy.

More than 194,000 electrical energy prospects in Maine, greater than 71,000 prospects in New Hampshire and greater than 78,000 in New York State had misplaced energy as of early Sunday morning, in accordance to PowerOutage.us, an internet site that tracks energy failures.

In New York City, the heavy rain and snow cleared in a single day, in accordance to the National Weather Service. But a flood advisory for elements of New Jersey and New York City was in impact till 5 a.m.

A flood warning had additionally been issued for Warren County, N.J., till 8:30 a.m. Such a warning, the next stage than an advisory, implies that flooding is imminent or occurring.

The outages and climate notices adopted a day of heavy precipitation throughout the area.

In Central Park, 3.63 inches of rain had fallen as of 5 p.m. Saturday, mentioned David Stark, a meteorologist with the Weather Service Office in New York. Corinth, N.Y., reported over 20 inches of snow by Saturday night time, in accordance to the National Weather Service.

Philadelphia had 3.06 inches of rain, the wettest calendar day ever recorded in March within the official observing station since 1872, in accordance to the National Weather Service workplace in Mount Holly, Pa.

The earlier each day document for March 23 was 1.36 inches in 2005. For the month of March, the document was 2.79 inches, set on March 15, 1912, the Weather Service mentioned.

Some areas throughout New England have been hit with heavy snowfall.

Snow began falling in Vermont on Friday, with areas of upper elevation in Windsor and Rutland Counties recording 10 to 17 inches of snow as of Saturday afternoon, mentioned Rebecca Duell, a meteorologist with the Weather Service in Burlington, Vt.

By 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Landgrove, Vt., had reported virtually 25 inches of snow, in accordance to the National Weather Service.

Shrewsbury, Vt., reported 19.3 inches of snow. The metropolis of Burlington had about six inches of snow as of Saturday afternoon, Ms. Duell mentioned.

Other elements of the New England additionally had heavy snowfall. Lovell, Maine, had 13.5 inches and Waterville Valley, N.H., had 17.6 inches, in accordance the Weather Service.

Albany, N.Y., recorded about 2.5 inches of snow as of Saturday afternoon. More than 50 miles north, the Glens Falls space had up to 15 inches of snow as of two p.m. on Saturday, mentioned Brian Frugis, a meteorologist for the native Weather Service workplace. Wilton, N.Y., 43 miles north of Albany, had 18 inches of snowfall.

The area additionally skilled freezing rain, which brought on some branches to fall, main to energy outages within the space, he mentioned.

Separately, a system transferring into the Western United States on Saturday was bringing snow from the northern High Plains by the Dakotas, Minnesota and elements of the higher Great Lakes.

Heavy snow was anticipated to unfold from central and japanese Montana into the North Plains and higher Midwest on Sunday, persevering with into Monday. Most of these areas have been anticipated to get six to 12 inches of snow.

One to two ft of snow was forecast in parts of japanese North and South Dakota into western and central Minnesota, mentioned Rich Otto, a meteorologist on the Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Md.

Heavy snow and gusty winds — as excessive as 50 miles per hour — within the Central and Southern Plains have been additionally anticipated to create hazardous driving situations late on Saturday and into the early a part of the week.

Jin Yu Young contributed reporting.