New York

Storms in New York in 2002

1,376 events in 345 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New York in 2002, 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 2002 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
1,376
Deaths
14
Injuries
139
Damage
$37 million
Episodes
345

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 Wind350021$6.5 million
Winter Storm17600$547,000
Heavy Snow17100$728,000
Drought12000
High Wind10619$8.7 million
Hail78214$2.6 million
Frost/Freeze6100
Lightning4616$830,000
Flash Flood4101$4.2 million
Flood4000$190,000
Winter Weather3800$85,000
Heat3000
Ice Storm2900$8.0 million
Heavy Rain2800
Wildfire2400
Tornado14083$4.1 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1300$63,000
Rip Current565
Coastal Flood200
Seiche100$35,000
Excessive Heat100
Funnel Cloud100
High Surf140

Every episode, month by month

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November 2002

December 2002

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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.