Hail, Albany
- When
- July 18, 10:30 AM EST
- Where
- Albany County, Cohoes
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.767, -73.700
Hail in New York, July 18, 2000
Scattered thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front during the morning and midday hours of July 18 across eastern New York. Some of these thunderstorms produced hail, with diameters ranging from dime to quarter size at a few locations.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 ALY wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front during the morning and midday hours of July 18 across eastern New York. Some of these thunderstorms produced hail, with diameters ranging from dime to quarter size at a few locations. Hail of one inch diameter was reported in Cohoes, Albany county and the Hamlet of Buskirk, located in the town of Cambridge, Washington County. Three-quarter inch hail was observed at Eagle Bridge, Rensselaer County.
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 36 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:28 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Washington
- When
- July 18, 12:22 PM EST
- Where
- Washington County, Cambridge
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.033, -73.383
Hail, Rensselaer
- When
- July 18, 12:22 PM EST
- Where
- Rensselaer County, Eagle Bridge
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.950, -73.400
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
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More
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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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5165237, 5165238, 5165239.