New York

Storms in New York in 2020

1,968 events in 211 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New York in 2020, 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 2020 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
1,968
Deaths
14
Injuries
6
Damage
$71 million
Episodes
211

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 Wind90402$2.0 million
Winter Weather13900
Strong Wind13400$861,000
High Wind11900$3.7 million
Flash Flood9700$34 million
Heat9700
Frost/Freeze8700
Hail7901$8.2 million
Heavy Snow5910$100,000
Winter Storm5311$174,000
Lake-Effect Snow4900$10,000
Flood4000$100,000
Heavy Rain1700$10,000
Tropical Storm1771$19 million
Lakeshore Flood1600$1.9 million
Lightning1600$30,000
Tornado1221$842,000
Blizzard900$21,000
Drought700
Coastal Flood400
Ice Storm300$95,000
Rip Current330
Cold/Wind Chill200
Funnel Cloud200
Wildfire100$116,000
Seiche100
Avalanche100$292,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2020

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November 2020

December 2020

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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.