New York

Storms in New York in 2012

1,603 events in 200 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New York in 2012, 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 2012 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
1,603
Deaths
72
Injuries
20
Damage
$40 million
Episodes
200

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 Wind51901$1.8 million
Hail28814$3.1 million
Frost/Freeze19300$500,000
High Wind155294$20 million
Winter Storm10600$625,000
Winter Weather9011$10,000
Flash Flood51010$524,000
Heavy Snow3500
Lake-Effect Snow3300$420,000
Coastal Flood33390
Heat3100$2.1 million
Strong Wind1600$88,000
Tornado1000$11 million
Storm Surge/Tide1010
Seiche900$105,000
Excessive Heat810
Lightning600
Ice Storm300$65,000
High Surf300
Flood200$2,000
Wildfire100
Heavy Rain100

Every episode, month by month

January 2012

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November 2012

December 2012

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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.