Storm History: Cortland County, New York
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Cortland 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
- 606
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 19
- Damage
- $31 million
- Episodes
- 402
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 | 144 | 0 | 8 | $519,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 130 | 0 | 0 | $585,000 |
| Tornado | 85 | 0 | 5 | $559,000 |
| Flash Flood | 75 | 0 | 0 | $11 million |
| Heavy Snow | 63 | 0 | 6 | $731,000 |
| Flood | 25 | 0 | 0 | $17 million |
| Winter Storm | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 14 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| High Wind | 12 | 0 | 0 | $328,000 |
| Lake-Effect Snow | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 5 | 0 | 0 | $200,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Winter Weather | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | $21,000 |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Blizzard | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, April 1, 2005
- Flash Flood, January 19, 1996
- Flood, April 2, 2005
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2005
- Heavy Snow, January 3, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2017
- Flash Flood, September 30, 2010
- Ice Storm, January 1, 2003
- Tornado, June 2, 1998
- Flash Flood, October 4, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2015
- Hail, June 22, 2024
- Flood, January 6, 1998
- Flash Flood, March 11, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 7, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 1993
- Tornado, July 15, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 17, 2021
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 11, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 29, 2026
- Flood, April 1, 2026
- Flash Flood, March 31, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2026
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2025
- Hail, June 9, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2025
- Hail, May 2, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 29, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 4, 2024
- Heavy Snow, November 28, 2024
- Heavy Snow, November 21, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2024
- Tornado, July 16, 2024
- Tornado, July 15, 2024
- Tornado, July 10, 2024
- Hail, June 22, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2024
- Hail, May 22, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2024
- Flash Flood, December 18, 2023
- Hail, September 7, 2023
- Tornado, August 7, 2023
- Hail, July 13, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 1, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 13, 2023
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2022
- Hail, July 22, 2022
- Heavy Snow, April 18, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 12, 2022
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2022
- Flood, October 26, 2021
- Flash Flood, October 26, 2021
- Flash Flood, October 4, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 17, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2021
- Hail, July 17, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2021
- Hail, June 30, 2021
- Hail, June 29, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2021
- Hail, June 21, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2021
- Flash Flood, December 24, 2020
- Heavy Snow, December 16, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 7, 2020
- Hail, August 27, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 6, 2020
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 2019
- Flash Flood, October 31, 2019
- Hail, August 15, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2019
- Hail, July 30, 2019
- Hail, July 28, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2019
- High Wind, February 25, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2019
- Heavy Snow, November 15, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 13, 2018
- Blizzard, March 1, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 15, 2017
- Tornado, August 22, 2017
- Hail, August 12, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2017
- Hail, June 5, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 16, 2017
- Blizzard, March 14, 2017
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2017
- Lake-Effect Snow, November 19, 2016
- Drought, September 1, 2016
- Drought, August 1, 2016
- Hail, July 18, 2016
- Drought, July 1, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2015
- Hail, June 12, 2015
- Hail, June 10, 2015
- Hail, May 10, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2014
- Hail, July 3, 2014
- Hail, July 2, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2014
- Tornado, June 17, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2014
- Lake-Effect Snow, November 23, 2013
- Hail, September 10, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2013
- Hail, August 8, 2013
- Hail, July 10, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2013
- Hail, May 21, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2012
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2012
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 22, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 2012
- Flood, August 14, 2012
- Hail, August 9, 2012
- Heat, March 17, 2012
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 12, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 13, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 7, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2011
- Hail, July 18, 2011
- Hail, June 9, 2011
- Hail, May 25, 2011
- Tornado, April 26, 2011
- Flash Flood, March 11, 2011
- Heavy Snow, March 6, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2011
- High Wind, February 18, 2011
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 4, 2010
- Flash Flood, October 1, 2010
- Flash Flood, September 30, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2010
- Hail, July 21, 2010
- Hail, June 28, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2010
- Hail, June 6, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2010
- Hail, September 28, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2009
- Tornado, May 16, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2008
- High Wind, September 15, 2008
- Hail, August 18, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2008
- Hail, August 2, 2008
- Hail, July 26, 2008
- Hail, July 20, 2008
- Hail, July 16, 2008
- Hail, June 27, 2008
- Hail, June 16, 2008
- Hail, June 10, 2008
- Hail, June 8, 2008
- Hail, May 31, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2007
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2007
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 3, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 6, 2007
- Hail, August 25, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 24, 2007
- Hail, August 17, 2007
- Hail, August 16, 2007
- Hail, June 27, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2007
- Hail, June 12, 2007
- Winter Storm, April 15, 2007
- Flood, March 25, 2007
- Flood, March 14, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2007
- Ice Storm, January 14, 2007
- High Wind, December 1, 2006
- Hail, December 1, 2006
- Tornado, November 16, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2006
- Hail, July 9, 2006
- Hail, June 29, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2006
- Flood, June 27, 2006
- Hail, May 13, 2006
- Hail, May 12, 2006
- Hail, April 13, 2006
- Flood, March 14, 2006
- Flash Flood, March 13, 2006
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 26, 2006
- Heat, January 1, 2006
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 2005
- Strong Wind, November 29, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 6, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 6, 2005
- Winter Weather, October 25, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 29, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2005
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2005
- Flood, April 2, 2005
- Flood, April 1, 2005
- Flood, March 31, 2005
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2005
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2005
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2005
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2005
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 2005
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 2005
- Flood, January 14, 2005
- Strong Wind, December 23, 2004
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 2004
- Funnel Cloud, May 15, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 2004
- Hail, April 18, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 18, 2004
- Flood, March 27, 2004
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2004
- Flood, March 6, 2004
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2004
- Heavy Snow, January 27, 2004
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2004
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 10, 2004
- Heavy Snow, December 14, 2003
- Flood, December 12, 2003
- Heavy Snow, December 6, 2003
- High Wind, November 13, 2003
- High Wind, October 15, 2003
- High Wind, September 19, 2003
Earlier years, state by state:
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Tornadoes in Cortland CountyEvery warning in Cortland 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.