Hail, Ontario
- When
- June 27, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ontario County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.620, -77.400
Tornadoes and Hail in New York, June 27, 1978
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2.8 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Yates
- When
- June 27, 2:05 PM CST
- Where
- Yates County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.9 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -76.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Onondaga
- When
- June 27, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Onondaga County
- Coordinates
- 42.950, -76.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- June 27, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 42.930, -75.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- June 27, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 42.750, -76.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Herkimer
- When
- June 27, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Herkimer County
- Coordinates
- 43.030, -75.020
Tornado, Fulton
- When
- June 27, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Fulton County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3.6 mi
- Path width
- 333 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.130, -74.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton
- When
- June 27, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Fulton County
- Coordinates
- 43.180, -74.350
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 27, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, June 27, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 27, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 27, 1978
- Tornado in Arkansas, June 27, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 27, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 27, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 27, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 27, 1978
- Hail in Colorado, June 27, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, June 27, 1978
- Hail in New Mexico, June 27, 1978
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10075914, 10075915, 10075916, 10075917, 10075918, 10075919, 10075920, 10075921.