New York

Storms in New York in 2011

2,227 events in 264 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New York in 2011, 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 2011 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
2,227
Deaths
36
Injuries
32
Damage
$1.2 billion
Episodes
264

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 Wind54501$1.6 million
Hail451026$3.3 million
Flood23831$19 million
Flash Flood22730$1.1 billion
Winter Storm21800$785,000
Winter Weather10700$55,000
High Wind7300$3.2 million
Heavy Snow6810$405,000
Excessive Heat50200
Tropical Storm4140
Lake-Effect Snow3500$465,000
Heat3200
Tornado2331$23 million
Cold/Wind Chill1900
Frost/Freeze1600
Lightning1401$10,000
Coastal Flood1300
Storm Surge/Tide1210
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1100
Ice Storm1000
Strong Wind1002$60,000
Funnel Cloud700
Lakeshore Flood600$5.0 million
Heavy Rain110

Every episode, month by month

January 2011

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November 2011

December 2011

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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.