Storms in New York in 2020
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
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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 904 | 0 | 2 | $2.0 million |
| Winter Weather | 139 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 134 | 0 | 0 | $861,000 |
| High Wind | 119 | 0 | 0 | $3.7 million |
| Flash Flood | 97 | 0 | 0 | $34 million |
| Heat | 97 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 87 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 79 | 0 | 1 | $8.2 million |
| Heavy Snow | 59 | 1 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Winter Storm | 53 | 1 | 1 | $174,000 |
| Lake-Effect Snow | 49 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Flood | 40 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 17 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 17 | 7 | 1 | $19 million |
| Lakeshore Flood | 16 | 0 | 0 | $1.9 million |
| Lightning | 16 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Tornado | 12 | 2 | 1 | $842,000 |
| Blizzard | 9 | 0 | 0 | $21,000 |
| Drought | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | $95,000 |
| Rip Current | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 | $116,000 |
| Seiche | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Avalanche | 1 | 0 | 0 | $292,000 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2020
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, January 1, 2020
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, January 1, 2020
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, January 6 to 7, 2020
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, January 6, 2020
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, January 8, 2020
- Strong Wind in New York, January 8, 2020
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in New York, January 12, 2020
- Strong Wind in New York, January 12, 2020
- Strong Wind in New York, January 12, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood and High Wind in New York, January 12, 2020
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in New York, January 15 to 16, 2020
- Strong Wind in New York, January 16, 2020
- Strong Wind and Cold in New York, January 16 to 17, 2020
- High Wind in New York, January 16, 2020
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in New York, January 18 to 19, 2020
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 18 to 19, 2020
- Winter Weather in New York, January 18 to 19, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood and Lake-Effect Snow in New York, January 18 to 19, 2020
- Strong Wind in New York, January 25, 2020
February 2020
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in New York, February 6 to 7, 2020
- Winter Storm in New York, February 6 to 7, 2020
- Winter Storm in New York, February 6 to 7, 2020
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 6 to 7, 2020
- High Wind in New York, February 7, 2020
- Strong Wind in New York, February 7, 2020
- Winter Weather in New York, February 9 to 10, 2020
- Winter Weather in New York, February 18, 2020
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, February 19 to 20, 2020
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, February 19 to 20, 2020
- Blizzard and Lake-Effect Snow in New York, February 26 to 29, 2020
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in New York, February 26 to 29, 2020
- Strong Wind in New York, February 27, 2020
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, February 27 to 28, 2020
March 2020
- High Wind in New York, March 3, 2020
- Wildfire in New York, March 9 to 10, 2020
- Damaging Wind and High Wind in New York, March 20, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, March 20, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, March 20, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, March 20, 2020
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 23, 2020
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in New York, March 23 to 24, 2020
- Winter Weather in New York, March 23, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, March 29, 2020
- Hail in New York, March 29, 2020
- Hail in New York, March 29, 2020
April 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, April 7, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, April 9, 2020
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in New York, April 13, 2020
- High Wind in New York, April 13, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, April 13, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood and High Wind in New York, April 13, 2020
- High Wind in New York, April 13 to 14, 2020
- Winter Weather in New York, April 17 to 18, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, April 21, 2020
- Winter Weather in New York, April 26 to 27, 2020
- Strong Wind in New York, April 30, 2020
- Flash Flood and Flooding in New York, April 30, 2020
May 2020
- Frost and Freeze in New York, May 5, 2020
- Coastal Flood in New York, May 7 to 8, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, May 7, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in New York, May 8, 2020
- Winter Weather in New York, May 8 to 9, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in New York, May 9, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in New York, May 10, 2020
- Hail in New York, May 11, 2020
- Hail in New York, May 11, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in New York, May 12, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in New York, May 13, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in New York, May 14, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 15, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, May 15, 2020
- Tornado and Hail in New York, May 15, 2020
- Flood in New York, May 15, 2020
- Damaging Wind in New York, May 15, 2020
- Damaging Wind in New York, May 15, 2020
- Rip Current in New York, May 22, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, May 25, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, May 27, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, May 29, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, May 29, 2020
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New York, May 29, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, May 29, 2020
June 2020
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, June 2 to 3, 2020
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 2, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 3, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, June 5, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 6, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 10, 2020
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 11, 2020
- Flash Flooding in New York, June 11, 2020
- Heat in New York, June 18 to 23, 2020
- Lightning Strikes in New York, June 18, 2020
- Flash Flood in New York, June 20, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 22, 2020
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 22, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 23, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 27, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 27, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, June 28, 2020
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 28, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 28, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, June 28, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 29, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 29, 2020
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in New York, June 30, 2020
July 2020
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in New York, July 1, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 1, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 1, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 2, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 3, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 6, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 6, 2020
- Heat in New York, July 7 to 10, 2020
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in New York, July 8, 2020
- Flash Flooding in New York, July 8, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 8, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 8, 2020
- Heat in New York, July 9, 2020
- Rip Current in New York, July 9, 2020
- Flash Flooding in New York, July 10, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 10, 2020
- Heat and Damaging Winds in New York, July 11, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flood in New York, July 11, 2020
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 11, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 14, 2020
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in New York, July 16, 2020
- Heat and Damaging Winds in New York, July 19 to 20, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 19, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 19, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 19, 2020
- Heat and Damaging Winds in New York, July 22 to 23, 2020
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in New York, July 22, 2020
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in New York, July 23, 2020
- Heat and Damaging Wind in New York, July 27 to 28, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in New York, July 27, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 27, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 29, 2020
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New York, July 29, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 30 to 31, 2020
August 2020
- Damaging Wind in New York, August 2, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 2, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 3, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 3, 2020
- Tropical Storm in New York, August 4, 2020
- Heavy Rain in New York, August 4, 2020
- Flash Flooding and High Wind in New York, August 4, 2020
- Flash Flood in New York, August 4, 2020
- Damaging Wind in New York, August 4, 2020
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in New York, August 10 to 11, 2020
- Flash Flood in New York, August 10, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 11, 2020
- Flash Flooding in New York, August 11, 2020
- Flash Flooding in New York, August 13, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, August 15, 2020
- Rip Current in New York, August 18, 2020
- Damaging Wind in New York, August 21, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, August 23, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 23, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 24, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flood in New York, August 24 to 25, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 25, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 25, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 25, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 25, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 27, 2020
- Tornado and Hail in New York, August 27, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 27, 2020
- Tornado and Hail in New York, August 27, 2020
- Tornadoes and Hail in New York, August 29, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 29, 2020
September 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, September 7, 2020
- Flash Flooding in New York, September 10, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in New York, September 18, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in New York, September 21, 2020
- High Wind in New York, September 30, 2020
October 2020
- Drought in New York, October 1 to 31, 2020
- Drought in New York, October 6 to 31, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, October 7, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, October 7, 2020
- Tornado and Hail in New York, October 7, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, October 10, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, October 10, 2020
- Winter Weather in New York, October 29 to 30, 2020
- Coastal Flood in New York, October 30, 2020
November 2020
- Drought in New York, November 1 to 17, 2020
- Drought in New York, November 1 to 17, 2020
- High Wind in New York, November 2, 2020
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, November 2 to 3, 2020
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, November 2 to 3, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood and Damaging Winds in New York, November 15 to 16, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, November 15, 2020
- Damaging Wind in New York, November 15, 2020
- Coastal Flood in New York, November 15, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, November 15, 2020
- Damaging Winds in New York, November 15, 2020
- High Wind in New York, November 30, 2020
December 2020
- Winter Storm in New York, December 1 to 2, 2020
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 16 to 17, 2020
- Winter Storm in New York, December 16 to 17, 2020
- Winter Storm in New York, December 16 to 17, 2020
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New York, December 16 to 17, 2020
- High Wind in New York, December 16 to 17, 2020
- Avalanche and Flooding in New York, December 24 to 26, 2020
- Winter Storm and Lake-Effect Snow in New York, December 24 to 27, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in New York, December 24 to 27, 2020
- High Wind in New York, December 25, 2020
- Flood in New York, December 25, 2020
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, December 26, 2020
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, December 26 to 27, 2020
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, December 29, 2020
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, December 29, 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.