New York

Storm History: Allegany County, New York

357 episodes, 592 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Allegany 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
592
Deaths
0
Injuries
38
Damage
$26 million
Episodes
357

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
Thunderstorm Wind17602$1.9 million
Flash Flood125011$15 million
Hail87025$788,000
Tornado4300$1.9 million
Flood3000$2.3 million
Winter Storm2900$510,000
Heavy Snow2600$2.2 million
Frost/Freeze2600$40,000
High Wind2200$1.2 million
Lake-Effect Snow600$60,000
Lakeshore Flood600$41,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Drought400
Blizzard300$146,000
Ice Storm200$75,000
Lightning200$55,000
Winter Weather100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Allegany County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Allegany CountyEvery warning in Allegany 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.