New York

Storms in New York in 2010

1,479 events in 227 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New York in 2010, 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 2010 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

Open the live radar over New York

The year

Events
1,479
Deaths
26
Injuries
30
Damage
$90 million
Episodes
227

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 Wind45402$2.4 million
Frost/Freeze16500$634,000
Hail14706$2.2 million
Flood11400$1.5 million
Flash Flood9822$4.4 million
Heavy Snow7421$20,000
Winter Storm7200$415,000
High Wind7024$2.3 million
Lake-Effect Snow6800$910,000
Winter Weather5700$65,000
Strong Wind3602$1.4 million
Heat1900
Blizzard1711
Lightning1502$20,000
Tornado1429$43 million
High Surf1200
Coastal Flood1100$31 million
Heavy Rain1000
Cold/Wind Chill700
Funnel Cloud700
Rip Current571
Excessive Heat4100
Storm Surge/Tide200
Debris Flow100

Every episode, month by month

January 2010

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November 2010

December 2010

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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.