New York

Storms in New York in 1997

1,114 events in 230 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New York in 1997, 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 1997 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
1,114
Deaths
19
Injuries
130
Damage
$23 million
Episodes
230

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
Thunderstorm Wind234117$1.6 million
Heavy Snow21300$1.1 million
Winter Storm18700$9.1 million
Winter Weather122230$345,000
High Wind121620$7.7 million
Hail57224$955,000
Cold/Wind Chill3510
Heavy Rain3003
Coastal Flood2510
Strong Wind2035$15,000
Flash Flood1911$967,000
Lightning1806$141,000
Lake-Effect Snow1200$50,000
Ice Storm600$72,000
Tornado6013$1.0 million
Flood200$5,000
Heat200
Dense Fog2211
Funnel Cloud200
Drought100$200,000

Every episode, month by month

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June 1997

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November 1997

December 1997

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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.