Storm History: Cayuga County, New York
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Cayuga 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
- 874
- Deaths
- 6
- Injuries
- 8
- Damage
- $51 million
- Episodes
- 664
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 242 | 0 | 5 | $28 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 146 | 0 | 3 | $1.9 million |
| Heavy Snow | 93 | 0 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| Tornado | 65 | 1 | 0 | $3.6 million |
| Winter Storm | 61 | 0 | 0 | $480,000 |
| Flash Flood | 58 | 1 | 0 | $7.0 million |
| Lake-Effect Snow | 57 | 0 | 0 | $487,000 |
| High Wind | 51 | 0 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| Flood | 19 | 0 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| Frost/Freeze | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 11 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Drought | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 8 | 4 | 0 | $4.6 million |
| Coastal Flood | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lakeshore Flood | 7 | 0 | 0 | $34,000 |
| Lightning | 5 | 0 | 0 | $52,000 |
| Blizzard | 4 | 0 | 0 | $155,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hail, September 6, 1998
- Hail, September 6, 1998
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2017
- Tornado, May 2, 1983
- Ice Storm, April 4, 2003
- Ice Storm, April 4, 2003
- Flash Flood, January 19, 1996
- Hail, June 16, 2008
- Flash Flood, October 26, 2021
- Flood, May 17, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 18, 2004
- Flash Flood, April 30, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2006
- Heavy Snow, January 3, 2003
- Tornado, June 2, 1969
- Tornado, April 30, 1991
- Heavy Snow, November 20, 2000
- Tornado, August 21, 2011
- Ice Storm, January 31, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 9, 2002
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 episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 18, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 29, 2026
- Hail, May 13, 2026
- Flood, April 1, 2026
- Flash Flood, March 31, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2025
- Lake-Effect Snow, November 27, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 4, 2025
- Hail, August 24, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2025
- Hail, July 3, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2025
- Hail, June 9, 2025
- Hail, May 17, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 29, 2025
- Hail, April 29, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2025
- Flood, February 26, 2025
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 16, 2025
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 13, 2025
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 9, 2025
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 1, 2025
- Heavy Snow, November 21, 2024
- Hail, August 11, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2024
- Tornado, July 15, 2024
- Tornado, July 15, 2024
- Tornado, July 10, 2024
- Tornado, July 10, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2024
- Hail, June 22, 2024
- Hail, June 22, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2024
- Hail, May 22, 2024
- Heavy Snow, March 22, 2024
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 28, 2024
- High Wind, January 9, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2024
- Lake-Effect Snow, November 27, 2023
- Hail, September 7, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2023
- Hail, July 24, 2023
- Hail, July 13, 2023
- Hail, July 13, 2023
- Hail, June 26, 2023
- Frost/Freeze, May 17, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 5, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 13, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2023
- Lake-Effect Snow, November 16, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2022
- Hail, July 22, 2022
- Hail, June 16, 2022
- Hail, June 16, 2022
- Hail, May 16, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 12, 2022
- High Wind, March 6, 2022
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2022
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 6, 2022
- High Wind, December 11, 2021
- Lakeshore Flood, December 11, 2021
- High Wind, December 6, 2021
- Flash Flood, October 26, 2021
- Flood, August 19, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 17, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2021
- Hail, June 30, 2021
- Hail, June 29, 2021
- Hail, June 21, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2021
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 19, 2021
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 19, 2021
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 10, 2021
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 21, 2021
- Lakeshore Flood, November 15, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 7, 2020
- Tornado, July 29, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 29, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 13, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 12, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 10, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 9, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 7, 2020
- Flash Flood, April 30, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood, April 13, 2020
- Hail, March 29, 2020
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 19, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 6, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2019
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2019
- Lakeshore Flood, November 27, 2019
- Lakeshore Flood, November 21, 2019
- Flood, November 1, 2019
- Lakeshore Flood, October 31, 2019
- Hail, August 18, 2019
- Hail, August 17, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2019
- Hail, August 16, 2019
- Hail, August 16, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2019
- Flood, August 1, 2019
- Hail, July 30, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2019
- Flood, July 1, 2019
- Flood, June 20, 2019
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 2019
- Flood, May 25, 2019
- Flood, May 17, 2019
- Lake-Effect Snow, March 5, 2019
- High Wind, February 25, 2019
- Flash Flood, February 24, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2019
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 9, 2019
- High Wind, January 1, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Heavy Snow, November 15, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2018
- Ice Storm, April 14, 2018
- High Wind, April 4, 2018
- High Wind, April 4, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 13, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2018
- Blizzard, March 1, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2018
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 2, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 12, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2018
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 4, 2018
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 29, 2017
- Winter Storm, December 11, 2017
- Coastal Flood, November 1, 2017
- High Wind, October 30, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 15, 2017
- Coastal Flood, October 1, 2017
- Coastal Flood, September 1, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2017
- Tornado, August 22, 2017
- Hail, August 4, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2017
- Coastal Flood, August 1, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2017
- Hail, July 17, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2017
- Hail, July 1, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2017
- Coastal Flood, July 1, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2017
- Hail, June 5, 2017
- Coastal Flood, June 1, 2017
- Hail, May 30, 2017
- Hail, May 18, 2017
- Coastal Flood, May 2, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 1, 2017
- Flood, April 20, 2017
- Flood, April 6, 2017
- Blizzard, March 14, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2017
- High Wind, March 8, 2017
- High Wind, March 1, 2017
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 9, 2017
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 9, 2017
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 2, 2017
- High Wind, January 11, 2017
- Lake-Effect Snow, November 19, 2016
- Lake-Effect Snow, November 19, 2016
- Drought, October 1, 2016
- Drought, October 1, 2016
- Drought, September 1, 2016
- Drought, September 1, 2016
- Drought, August 18, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2016
- Drought, August 1, 2016
- Hail, July 18, 2016
- Hail, July 18, 2016
- Drought, July 1, 2016
- Hail, June 20, 2016
- Flash Flood, February 16, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2016
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 17, 2016
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 12, 2016
- High Wind, January 10, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2015
- Hail, August 4, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2015
- Hail, June 12, 2015
- Hail, June 10, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2015
- Hail, May 10, 2015
- Lake-Effect Snow, March 18, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 4, 2015
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2014
- Hail, October 25, 2014
- Hail, August 2, 2014
- Hail, July 31, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2014
- Tornado, June 17, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2014
- Blizzard, March 12, 2014
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 10, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 4, 2014
- High Wind, January 6, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 1, 2014
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 15, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2013
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2013
- Lake-Effect Snow, November 23, 2013
- High Wind, November 18, 2013
- High Wind, November 1, 2013
- Frost/Freeze, October 28, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 12, 2013
- Hail, September 2, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2013
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Cayuga CountyEvery warning in Cayuga 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.