New York

Storms in New York in 1999

1,152 events in 213 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New York in 1999, 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 1999 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

Open the live radar over New York

The year

Events
1,152
Deaths
39
Injuries
43
Damage
$111 million
Episodes
213

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 Wind284230$4.0 million
Winter Storm20400$1.6 million
Heavy Snow19202$5.8 million
Flash Flood9220$38 million
Winter Weather8400$271,000
Drought6500$50 million
Heat63330
High Wind6210$4.1 million
Hail2706$1.5 million
Flood2600$11,000
Ice Storm2000
Lightning1210$110,000
Heavy Rain1100
Strong Wind404
Lake-Effect Snow200$10,000
Blizzard200$5.5 million
Tornado101$1.0 million
Funnel Cloud100

Every episode, month by month

January 1999

February 1999

March 1999

April 1999

May 1999

June 1999

July 1999

August 1999

September 1999

October 1999

November 1999

December 1999

More

Every year in New YorkEvery state in 1999Tornadoes in New York in 1999Warnings in New York in 199919982000

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.