New York

Storms in New York in 2003

1,101 events in 305 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New York in 2003, 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 2003 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
1,101
Deaths
15
Injuries
28
Damage
$157 million
Episodes
305

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
Heavy Snow21400$31 million
Winter Storm20900$945,000
High Wind15724$7.5 million
Thunderstorm Wind12503$2.4 million
Flash Flood10860$44 million
Flood6621$1.6 million
Hail3900$107,000
Winter Weather3606$29,000
Frost/Freeze3500
Ice Storm3110$67 million
Lightning2103$462,000
Tornado1808$2.3 million
Strong Wind1101$83,000
Heavy Rain900
Cold/Wind Chill700
Blizzard600
Funnel Cloud400
Tropical Storm412
High Surf130

Every episode, month by month

January 2003

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July 2003

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September 2003

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November 2003

December 2003

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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.