High Wind Warnings in New York
254 high wind warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of high wind warnings reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 254
- Busiest year
- 201222 high wind warnings
- Average year
- 12over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Erie County76
- Chautauqua County73
- Niagara County66
- Orleans County64
- Genesee County63
- Monroe County62
- Jefferson County57
- Wyoming County55
- Cayuga County53
- Suffolk County52
- Lewis County44
- Rensselaer County40
- Herkimer County39
- Oswego County36
- Cattaraugus County35
- Bronx County34
- Kings County34
- Wayne County34
- Columbia County33
- New York County33
- Richmond County33
- Westchester County32
- Franklin County32
- Fulton County31
- Hamilton County31
- Clinton County30
- Albany County29
- Saratoga County29
- Ontario County29
- Greene County28
- Schoharie County27
- Montgomery County27
- St. Lawrence County27
- Schenectady County27
- Ulster County26
- Warren County26
- Livingston County26
- Nassau County26
- Essex County24
- Allegany County24
22 more counties
- Madison County24
- Oneida County24
- Washington County24
- Onondaga County23
- Queens County23
- Rockland County21
- Seneca County20
- Yates County20
- Putnam County19
- Dutchess County18
- Orange County16
- Steuben County14
- Otsego County13
- Delaware County11
- Cortland County10
- Schuyler County10
- Tompkins County10
- Chenango County7
- Sullivan County7
- Broome County6
- Tioga County6
- Chemung County5
The latest high wind warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 12:47 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston and 5 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:28 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | BTV | Clinton, Essex, Franklin | 56 hr |
| Mar 15, 1:28 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie, Jefferson, Lewis | 36 hr |
| Mar 12, 1:59 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara and 2 more | 44 hr |
| Jan 9, 12:45 AM EST | High Wind Warning | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans and 1 more | 20 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.