New York

Storms in New York in 2006

1,306 events in 624 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New York in 2006, 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 2006 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
1,306
Deaths
50
Injuries
31
Damage
$1.2 billion
Episodes
624

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 Wind319213$1.3 million
High Wind22312$3.7 million
Hail17100$1.3 million
Flash Flood13943$830 million
Flood13700$160 million
Heavy Snow7600$390,000
Winter Weather6300$386,000
Heat42420
Lake-Effect Snow3710$156 million
Cold/Wind Chill2700
Strong Wind1800$85,000
Lightning1602$60,000
Winter Storm1400$40,000
Tornado9011$11 million
Heavy Rain800$2,000
Coastal Flood300
Seiche300
Frost/Freeze100

Every episode, month by month

January 2006

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July 2006

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November 2006

December 2006

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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.