Hail, Suffolk
- When
- June 20, 4:45 PM EST
- Where
- Suffolk County, Orient Pt.
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.941, -72.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail in New York, June 20, 1995
7 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- $2,000
- Events
- 7
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.
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 17 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:43 UTC.
Event by event
7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Sullivan
- When
- June 20, 4:48 PM EST
- Where
- Sullivan County, Wurtsboro
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 41.716, -74.768 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
An isolated severe thunderstorm dropped hail the size of tennis balls in Wurtsboro, damaging several cars. Other reports of golf ball-size hail were received from Wurtsboro around the same time.
Hail, Orange
- When
- June 20, 5:20 PM EST
- Where
- Orange County, Middletown
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.402, -74.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Orange
- When
- June 20, 5:28 PM EST
- Where
- Orange County, Mt. Hope to Slate Hill
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.402, -74.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Orange
- When
- June 20, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Orange County, Greenville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.402, -74.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Orange
- When
- June 20, 5:55 PM EST
- Where
- Orange County, Greenwood Lake
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.402, -74.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Suffolk
- When
- June 20, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Suffolk County, Flanders to Hampton Bays
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.941, -72.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A cold front moving across the region generated severe thunderstorms. Although some of these storms generated strong winds, the main feature was large hail.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 20, 1995
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: 10339084, 10338589, 10336093, 10336094, 10336095, 10336096, 10339085.