High Wind Watches in New York
191 high wind watches 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 191
- Busiest year
- 201217 high wind watches
- Average year
- 9over 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.
- Chautauqua County60
- Erie County59
- Genesee County50
- Niagara County50
- Orleans County49
- Monroe County48
- Wyoming County46
- Suffolk County44
- Jefferson County43
- Cayuga County40
- Lewis County37
- Kings County33
- Richmond County29
- Nassau County29
- Rensselaer County28
- Oswego County28
- Queens County28
- Bronx County27
- Cattaraugus County27
- New York County27
- Franklin County26
- Westchester County26
- Clinton County24
- Livingston County24
- Columbia County23
- Herkimer County23
- Ontario County23
- Wayne County23
- St. Lawrence County22
- Essex County21
- Fulton County21
- Allegany County21
- Hamilton County20
- Montgomery County20
- Schenectady County20
- Schoharie County20
- Madison County20
- Oneida County20
- Albany County19
- Greene County19
22 more counties
- Saratoga County19
- Washington County19
- Onondaga County19
- Dutchess County18
- Ulster County18
- Putnam County18
- Rockland County18
- Seneca County18
- Yates County18
- Warren County16
- Orange County16
- Steuben County15
- Otsego County14
- Chenango County13
- Schuyler County13
- Cortland County12
- Sullivan County12
- Tompkins County12
- Broome County11
- Delaware County11
- Chemung County10
- Tioga County10
The latest high wind watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 1:29 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie, Jefferson, Lewis | 12 hr |
| Mar 14, 12:40 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | BTV | Clinton, Essex, Franklin | 14 hr |
| Mar 12, 1:44 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | BUF | Chautauqua | 12 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.