Hail, Wyoming
- When
- June 4, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wyoming County, Wethersfield
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -78.220
Hail in New York, June 4, 1996
An isolated thunderstorm crossed the county from southwest to northeast. In Wethersfield, the thunderstorm dropped one inch hail which damaged crops.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- $10,000
- Events
- 1
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 BUF wrote it up.
An isolated thunderstorm crossed the county from southwest to northeast. In Wethersfield, the thunderstorm dropped one inch hail which damaged crops.
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:58 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flooding in Montana, June 4 to 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Kansas, June 4, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 4, 1996
- Tornado in Maryland, June 4, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 4, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 4, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, June 4, 1996
- Lightning Strike in West Virginia, June 4, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 4, 1996
- Hail in South Dakota, June 4, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 4, 1996
- Hail in Texas, June 4, 1996
More
Every storm in New York in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, June 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5562198.