New York

Storm History: Albany County, New York

769 episodes, 1,729 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Albany County, New York: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
1,729
Deaths
6
Injuries
41
Damage
$49 million
Episodes
769

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail284111$11 million
Flash Flood24009$5.3 million
Winter Storm20900$928,000
Thunderstorm Wind16800$257,000
Tornado160015$26 million
Flood9311$4.6 million
Winter Weather9310
Heat7200$172,000
Heavy Snow6423$5,000
Strong Wind6101$77,000
High Wind5701$308,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill4700$4,000
Frost/Freeze4400$600,000
Excessive Heat2900
Cold/Wind Chill2800
Tropical Storm2110
Ice Storm1700$500
Lake-Effect Snow1700
Blizzard600$60,000
Lightning500$29,000
Drought500
Avalanche400
Wildfire200
Storm Surge/Tide200
Debris Flow100$500,000

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Albany County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Albany CountyEvery warning in Albany County since 1986Every county in New York

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.