Storms in New York in 1998

1,380 events in 292 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New York in 1998, 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 1998 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: 1,380
Deaths: 16
Injuries: 169
Damage: $337 million
Episodes: 292

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 event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Thunderstorm Wind	473	3	6	$2.0 million
Flash Flood	159	3	1	$37 million
Hail	128	4	22	$186 million
Heavy Snow	116	0	0	$710,000
Flood	103	0	0	$2.4 million
High Wind	91	0	1	$1.5 million
Winter Storm	83	0	0	$236,000
Heat	50	0	0
Winter Weather	39	0	5	$400,000
Lightning	36	0	6	$292,000
Tornado	23	3	123	$82 million
Heavy Rain	21	0	3	$5,000
Ice Storm	14	1	0	$23 million
Coastal Flood	14	0	0	$750,000
Drought	11	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	8	0	0
Strong Wind	6	1	0	$3,000
Funnel Cloud	3	0	0
Dense Fog	1	0	2
Rip Current	1	1	0

Every episode, month by month

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December 1998

Every year in New York Every state in 1998 Tornadoes in New York in 1998 Warnings in New York in 1998 1997 1999

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.