Storms in New York in 1987
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New York in 1987, 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 1987 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
- 174
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 10
- Damage
- $3.1 million
- Episodes
- 39
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 | 139 | 0 | 6 | |
| Hail | 29 | 0 | 3 | |
| Tornado | 6 | 0 | 1 | $3.1 million |
Every episode, month by month
May 1987
- Damaging Winds in New York, May 14, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 23, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, May 28, 1987
- Damaging Winds in New York, May 29, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 30, 1987
- Damaging Wind in New York, May 31, 1987
June 1987
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 1, 1987
- Tornado in New York, June 4, 1987
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 8, 1987
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 12, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 13, 1987
- Tornado in New York, June 22, 1987
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 26, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, June 27, 1987
July 1987
- Hail in New York, July 6, 1987
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 8, 1987
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 9, 1987
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 10, 1987
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 11, 1987
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 12, 1987
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 13, 1987
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 14, 1987
- Hail in New York, July 15, 1987
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 16, 1987
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 18, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, July 19, 1987
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 20, 1987
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 23, 1987
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New York, July 24, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in New York, July 25, 1987
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 26, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in New York, July 30, 1987
August 1987
- Damaging Wind in New York, August 9, 1987
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 17, 1987
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 19, 1987
September 1987
- Damaging Winds in New York, September 11, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, September 17, 1987
- Damaging Winds in New York, September 29, 1987
November 1987
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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.