New York

Storms in New York in 2018

1,985 events in 225 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New York in 2018, 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 2018 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
1,985
Deaths
14
Injuries
19
Damage
$15 million
Episodes
225

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 Wind56706$1.3 million
Winter Weather23000$30,000
Winter Storm21120$1.7 million
Flash Flood17601$4.8 million
Strong Wind13500$892,000
Heat11721$3,000
Heavy Snow9700
High Wind8712$3.1 million
Hail5200$489,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill5110
Flood4200$6,000
Heavy Rain4100
Cold/Wind Chill3800
Lake-Effect Snow2500$310,000
Excessive Heat1900
Coastal Flood1800
Blizzard1517$610,000
Frost/Freeze1500
Lightning1410$8,000
Tornado1331$1.2 million
Ice Storm1200$225,000
Storm Surge/Tide300$2,000
Rip Current331
High Surf200
Funnel Cloud200

Every episode, month by month

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July 2018

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November 2018

December 2018

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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.