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High Wind Watches in New York, 2025
13 high wind watches in 2025. 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 in 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 13
- Busiest month
- February4 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- February 15, 20254 high wind watches
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 3:05 AM EST | High Wind Watch | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Jefferson, Monroe, Niagara and 2 more | 33 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:03 PM EST | High Wind Watch | BTV | Clinton, Franklin, St. Lawrence | 24 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:07 AM EST | High Wind Watch | BGM | Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware and 11 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:25 AM EST | High Wind Watch | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:36 AM EST | High Wind Watch | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton and 9 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:02 PM EST | High Wind Watch | BTV | Clinton, Essex, Franklin | 24 hr |
| Oct 9, 2:00 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | OKX | Kings, Nassau, Queens, Suffolk | 8 min |
| Oct 9, 2:08 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | OKX | Kings, Nassau, Queens, Suffolk | 49 hr |
| Nov 4, 12:25 PM EST | High Wind Watch | BGM | Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware and 11 more | 13 hr |
| Nov 4, 12:40 PM EST | High Wind Watch | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Herkimer and 7 more | 12 hr |
| Nov 4, 12:56 PM EST | High Wind Watch | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 17, 12:53 AM EST | High Wind Watch | BUF | Chautauqua, Jefferson, Lewis | 12 hr |
| Dec 27, 12:53 PM EST | High Wind Watch | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans and 1 more | 13 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kings County4
- Nassau County4
- Queens County4
- Suffolk County4
- Chautauqua County3
- Erie County2
- Genesee County2
- Jefferson County2
- Monroe County2
- Niagara County2
- Orleans County2
- Wyoming County2
- Clinton County2
- Franklin County2
- Broome County2
- Cayuga County2
- Chemung County2
- Chenango County2
- Cortland County2
- Delaware County2
- Madison County2
- Oneida County2
- Onondaga County2
- Otsego County2
- Schuyler County2
- Seneca County2
- Steuben County2
- Sullivan County2
- Tioga County2
- Tompkins County2
- Yates County2
- Bronx County2
- New York County2
- Orange County2
- Putnam County2
- Richmond County2
- Rockland County2
- Westchester County2
- Albany County2
- Columbia County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.