New York

Storms in New York in 2022

1,991 events in 221 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New York in 2022, 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 2022 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
1,991
Deaths
56
Injuries
7
Damage
$58 million
Episodes
221

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 Wind73802$1.1 million
Winter Weather29601
Winter Storm21201$285,000
Strong Wind10700$180,000
Cold/Wind Chill8910
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill7600
Heavy Snow7500$627,000
Heat7300$5,000
Hail6301$873,000
Lake-Effect Snow6130$31 million
Flood5700$5.9 million
High Wind4710$775,000
Flash Flood4500$689,000
Blizzard13481$16 million
Drought1000
Tornado700$1.1 million
Lightning501
Lakeshore Flood400
Frost/Freeze300
Ice Storm200
Rip Current230
Wildfire200
Astronomical Low Tide100
Debris Flow100
Funnel Cloud100
Heavy Rain100$2,000

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.