New York

Storm History: Dutchess County, New York

802 episodes, 1,784 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Dutchess 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
1,784
Deaths
7
Injuries
22
Damage
$34 million
Episodes
802

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 Wind30322$455,000
Hail29702$7.2 million
Winter Storm16700$1.9 million
Flash Flood16210$4.8 million
Tornado15211$4.7 million
Heat14801
Winter Weather10016
High Wind7201$302,000
Heavy Snow6000$165,000
Flood5800$13 million
Strong Wind4900$114,000
Frost/Freeze4900$520,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill4400$1,000
Excessive Heat4123
Cold/Wind Chill1900
Drought1600
Ice Storm1100
Lightning701$246,000
Tropical Storm600
Blizzard600
Lake-Effect Snow600$6,000
Storm Surge/Tide400
Wildfire300$116,000
Avalanche200
Heavy Rain103$5,000
Dust Devil102

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 Dutchess County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Dutchess CountyEvery warning in Dutchess 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.