Storms in New York in 1986
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New York in 1986, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
New York in 1986 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 240
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 25
- Damage
- $4.3 million
- Episodes
- 28
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.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 188 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hail | 42 | 1 | 4 | |
| Tornado | 10 | 3 | 19 | $4.3 million |
Every episode, month by month
May 1986
- Damaging Wind in New York, May 1, 1986
- Damaging Wind in New York, May 6, 1986
- Damaging Winds in New York, May 16, 1986
- Damaging Winds in New York, May 18, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 19, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 31, 1986
June 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 1, 1986
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 11, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in New York, June 16, 1986
July 1986
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 7, 1986
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New York, July 13, 1986
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 18, 1986
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 19, 1986
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 20, 1986
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New York, July 26, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 29, 1986
August 1986
- Hail in New York, August 1, 1986
- Damaging Wind in New York, August 2, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 3, 1986
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 6, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 7, 1986
- Damaging Wind in New York, August 8, 1986
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New York, August 15, 1986
- Tornado in New York, August 23, 1986
September 1986
- Damaging Wind in New York, September 26, 1986
- Tornado in New York, September 29, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, September 30, 1986
October 1986
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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.