New York

Storms in New York in 2021

2,395 events in 232 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New York in 2021, 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 2021 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
2,395
Deaths
22
Injuries
11
Damage
$522 million
Episodes
232

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 Wind97319$1.4 million
Flash Flood375191$513 million
Winter Weather26300
High Wind12011$498,000
Strong Wind11800$110,000
Heat10900$20,000
Winter Storm8900$225,000
Hail7200$1.0 million
Flood6700$131,000
Heavy Rain6100
Lake-Effect Snow3900
Cold/Wind Chill3800
Lightning1500$6,000
Lakeshore Flood1200$2.7 million
Tornado1200$2.9 million
Heavy Snow900
Tropical Storm800
Excessive Heat600
Funnel Cloud500
Ice Storm200
Rip Current110
Debris Flow100

Every episode, month by month

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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.