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Just a reminder ahead of this snowstorm coming between Wednesday night through Friday. If you have a fire hydrant in front of your home, business, or apartment make sure you clear it. The Rochester Fire Department is asking for help from the community as there are about 9 inches of snow expected. If you can […]

WDKX’s meteorologist Richard McCollough shares more of his life on Roc55.com. Beside reporting the weather on 103.9 WDKX, for the last 20 years. Richard was first black weatherman on TV in Rochester. Worked at two of Rochester’s TV stations, a teacher, producer of award-winning film and television documentaries and his new joy spreading blackberry crops to […]

All we want to do is get to the sunshine and mother nature will not let us hit Spring without a winter boom. Certain parts of New York State mainly Central and western New York could See up to six inches of snow. So what is it now, April snow showers bring May pretty flowers? […]

Shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine to New York have been delayed due to the inclement weather that the region has faced in the past week. The week 10 deliveries were supposed to arrive between Feb. 12 & Feb 21st but wont be here until next week at the earliest. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo released […]

A huge storm system is blowing through New York and New Jersey, forcing them to declare a state of emergency. The blizzard has dumped over a foot of snow and put almost 80 million people under winter storm warnings, watches and advisories. The blizzard started as a powerful rainstorm on the west coast that got […]

There is yet another tropical storm making its way through the Gulf Coast. Tropical storm Zeta made landfall on Wednesday with winds in excess of 110 miles per hour. It hit Louisiana by way of Cocoderie and is following a path similar to that of Hurricane Laura and Delta. This is the the 11 tropical […]

This summer was one of the 15 hottest ever recorded in Rochester history. In June, July and August, there were at least 9 days at or above 90 degrees. The rainfall was at an average for Rochester, but other surrounding counties saw less than normal levels. It’s hard to pinpoint the reason for the high […]

The National Weather Service has just announced that a “zombie” hurricane is coming back to life. Hurricane Paulette formed as one of 5 simultaneous active tropical cyclones back in September. She strengthened to a category 2 hurricane and made landfall in Bermuda on September 14, then lost speed and her designation as she drifted north […]

For the first time in almost 50 years five tropical storms hits the Atlantic Ocean, tropical storm Sally invited some friends with her Paulette, Renee, Vicky, and Teddy. According to the National Hurricane  tropical storm Sally is the most dangerous one out of all of them that could have the capacity to be life threatening […]

The SpaceX rocket ship was supposed to launch this afternoon but could not because of the bad weather. Two NASA astronauts were onboard and the flight would of made history as it headed to the International Spaces Station. It would of been the first time a privately owned company like Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket ship […]