New York

Storms in New York in 2001

939 events in 246 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New York in 2001, 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 2001 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
939
Deaths
9
Injuries
50
Damage
$39 million
Episodes
246

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 Wind20003$561,000
Heavy Snow14100$24 million
Winter Storm12500$1.1 million
Winter Weather7900$196,000
Hail7207$2.6 million
High Wind64013$4.2 million
Flood5000$1.5 million
Heat4641
Lightning41022$637,000
Flash Flood3402$2.6 million
Drought2900
Ice Storm2800
Heavy Rain700$1.1 million
Strong Wind500$5,000
Wildfire402$102,000
Lake-Effect Snow300$2,000
Tornado300$1,000
Funnel Cloud300
Dust Devil200
Rip Current130
High Surf120
Excessive Heat100

Every episode, month by month

January 2001

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June 2001

July 2001

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September 2001

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November 2001

December 2001

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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.