High Wind, Yates
- When
- January 27, 7:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Yates forecast zone
- Property damage
- $12,000
- Coordinates
- 42.633, -77.105 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in New York, January 27, 1996
A spring-like storm system moved toward the Great Lakes, bringing mild air and strong winds to central New York. There were many reports of downed trees and wires, as winds gusted over 60 MPH.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 11 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
- 4
- Property damage
- $133,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BGM wrote it up.
A spring-like storm system moved toward the Great Lakes, bringing mild air and strong winds to central New York. There were many reports of downed trees and wires, as winds gusted over 60 MPH. Four people were injured in Grand Gorge (Delaware County), when their mobile home was overturned by high winds. Peak wind gusts included 62 MPH at the Oneida County Airport (UCA) near Utica just before 11 AM, 62 MPH in Cazenovia (Madison County) around 830 AM, and 54 MPH in Syracuse just before 10 AM.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
11 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Northern Oneida
- When
- January 27, 7:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Oneida forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 43.242, -75.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Onondaga
- When
- January 27, 7:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Onondaga forecast zone
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 43.006, -76.195 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Madison
- When
- January 27, 7:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Coordinates
- 42.913, -75.670 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern Oneida
- When
- January 27, 7:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Oneida forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.242, -75.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Cortland
- When
- January 27, 7:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cortland forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 42.595, -76.070 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Otsego
- When
- January 27, 7:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Otsego forecast zone
- Property damage
- $12,000
- Coordinates
- 42.634, -75.033 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Tioga
- When
- January 27, 7:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Tioga forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Coordinates
- 42.170, -76.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Broome
- When
- January 27, 7:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Broome forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Coordinates
- 42.160, -75.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Delaware
- When
- January 27, 7:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Delaware forecast zone
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.198, -74.966 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Sullivan
- When
- January 27, 7:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sullivan forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.716, -74.768 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flooding in Pennsylvania, January 27 to 28, 1996
- Flooding in New Jersey, January 27 to 31, 1996
- Flooding in Maine, January 27 to 30, 1996
- Flooding in New York, January 27, 1996
- High Wind in New York, January 27, 1996
- High Wind in Vermont, January 27, 1996
- Flooding in New York, January 27 to 28, 1996
- High Wind in Maine, January 27 to 28, 1996
- Flooding in New York, January 27 to 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, January 27, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, January 27 to 30, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, January 27, 1996
More
Every storm in New York in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, January 1996
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5583187, 5583188, 5583189, 5583190, 5583191, 5583192, 5583193, 5583194, 5583195, 5583196, 5583197.