New York

Storms in New York in 2026

1,083 events in 99 episodes, still being filed

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New York in 2026, 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 2026 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
1,083
Deaths
8
Injuries
3
Damage
$1.6 million
Episodes
99

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 Wind37800$360,000
Cold/Wind Chill15600
Winter Storm13520
Winter Weather10900
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill6800
Strong Wind5900$2,000
High Wind3700$190,000
Hail3203$40,000
Flash Flood2100$160,000
Blizzard1660
Frost/Freeze1600
Heat1600
Lake-Effect Snow1500
Flood1100$595,000
Tornado900$290,000
Heavy Snow400
Lightning100

Every episode, month by month

January 2026

February 2026

March 2026

April 2026

May 2026

June 2026

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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.