New York

Storms in New York in 2005

1,600 events in 917 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New York in 2005, 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 2005 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
1,600
Deaths
8
Injuries
16
Damage
$119 million
Episodes
917

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 Wind42505$3.3 million
Heavy Snow23602$4.5 million
Flood20403$51 million
Winter Weather11400$777,000
Flash Flood10221$56 million
Winter Storm9900$770,000
Cold/Wind Chill9930
Hail7600$554,000
High Wind6900$1.3 million
Frost/Freeze5400
Strong Wind4204$179,000
Heavy Rain2900$20,000
Lightning2101$397,000
Lake-Effect Snow800$80,000
Storm Surge/Tide700
Blizzard400
Tornado400$565,000
Seiche300$25,000
Rip Current230
Heat100
Ice Storm100

Every episode, month by month

January 2005

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November 2005

December 2005

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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.