New York

Storm History: Chenango County, New York

477 episodes, 785 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Chenango 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
785
Deaths
5
Injuries
10
Damage
$139 million
Episodes
477

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.

Open the live radar over Chenango County

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
Hail19812$516,000
Thunderstorm Wind13801$933,000
Tornado12926$4.1 million
Flash Flood12110$66 million
Heavy Snow6600$622,000
Flood4400$64 million
Winter Storm2400
Cold/Wind Chill1400$20,000
High Wind1200$590,000
Ice Storm1000$2.1 million
Winter Weather410
Lightning401$391,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400$5,000
Lake-Effect Snow400
Drought300
Heat300
Heavy Rain200$5,000
Strong Wind200$10,000
Blizzard200
Excessive Heat100

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 Chenango County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Chenango CountyEvery warning in Chenango 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.