Hail, Schenectady
- When
- May 19, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Schenectady County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.920, -74.070
Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 19, 1986
12 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
- 2
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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
12 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Schenectady
- When
- May 19, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Schenectady County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -74.250
Hail, Saratoga
- When
- May 19, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Saratoga County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.850, -73.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Onondaga
- When
- May 19, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Onondaga County
- Coordinates
- 43.180, -76.180
Hail, Saratoga
- When
- May 19, 12:55 PM CST
- Where
- Saratoga County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -73.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Oswego
- When
- May 19, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Oswego County
- Coordinates
- 43.230, -75.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Onondaga
- When
- May 19, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Onondaga County
- Coordinates
- 43.120, -76.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Schoharie
- When
- May 19, 1:36 PM CST
- Where
- Schoharie County
- Coordinates
- 42.570, -74.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton
- When
- May 19, 1:55 PM CST
- Where
- Fulton County
- Coordinates
- 43.020, -74.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Saratoga
- When
- May 19, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Saratoga County
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -73.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- May 19, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 42.900, -74.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- May 19, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 42.970, -74.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Saratoga
- When
- May 19, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Saratoga County
- Coordinates
- 42.930, -73.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Schenectady
- When
- May 19, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Schenectady County
- Coordinates
- 42.850, -73.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- May 19, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Coordinates
- 43.300, -74.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Herkimer
- When
- May 19, 3:53 PM CST
- Where
- Herkimer County
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 43.020, -75.000
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
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: 10077505, 10077506, 10077507, 10077508, 10077509, 10077510, 10077511, 10077512, 10077513, 10077514, 10077515, 10077516, 10077517, 10077518, 10077519, 10077520.