New York

Storm History: Clinton County, New York

620 episodes, 1,034 events since 1960

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Clinton 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
1,034
Deaths
6
Injuries
10
Damage
$75 million
Episodes
620

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
Winter Storm24426$2.3 million
Winter Weather20300$832,000
Hail16601$2.3 million
Thunderstorm Wind12000$2.3 million
High Wind5310$1.6 million
Flash Flood5122$48 million
Strong Wind4210$446,000
Flood4000$6.7 million
Cold/Wind Chill2600
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2400
Heavy Snow1300$197,000
Heat1100$500,000
Tornado700$91,000
Heavy Rain700$5,000
Frost/Freeze700$225,000
Ice Storm600$5.0 million
Blizzard600$50,000
Lakeshore Flood400$4.5 million
Lightning201$65,000
Lake-Effect Snow200$10,000

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 Clinton County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Clinton CountyEvery warning in Clinton 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.