New York

Storms in New York in 1996

1,606 events in 782 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New York in 1996, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

New York in 1996 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

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The year

Events
1,606
Deaths
23
Injuries
95
Damage
$298 million
Episodes
782

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Heavy Snow273411$1.2 million
High Wind242412$2.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind22408$2.5 million
Flood213521$101 million
Flash Flood20173$175 million
Winter Storm9700$3.0 million
Cold/Wind Chill8700
Coastal Flood6011$12 million
Hail5000$179,000
Heavy Rain4200
Winter Weather41122$100,000
Lightning23112$244,000
Strong Wind1700$78,000
Blizzard1500
Tornado1105$1.4 million
Funnel Cloud500
Heat400
Dust Devil100$200

Every episode, month by month

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November 1996

December 1996

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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.