Heat, Eastern Ulster
- When
- May 19, 10:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Ulster forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 41.888, -74.259 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in New York, May 19, 2026
Hot and humid conditions within the warm sector of a low pressure system led to heat index values (feels-like temperatures) rising to between 95 and 98 degrees during the afternoon hours on May 19, 2026 across portions of the mid-Hudson Valley of eastern New York.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS ALY wrote it up.
Hot and humid conditions within the warm sector of a low pressure system led to heat index values (feels-like temperatures) rising to between 95 and 98 degrees during the afternoon hours on May 19, 2026 across portions of the mid-Hudson Valley of eastern New York.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Western Dutchess
- When
- May 19, 10:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Dutchess forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 41.765, -73.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 19, 2026
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, May 19 to 20, 2026
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 19, 2026
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 19 to 23, 2026
- Frost and Freeze in North Dakota, May 19 to 20, 2026
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 19, 2026
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, May 19 to 20, 2026
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 19 to 23, 2026
More
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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1337406, 1337407.