New York

Storm History: Fulton County, New York

596 episodes, 1,055 events since 1959

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Fulton 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
1,055
Deaths
2
Injuries
18
Damage
$6.3 million
Episodes
596

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 Storm18520$351,000
Hail13500$2.4 million
Winter Weather10400$1,000
Thunderstorm Wind8503$144,000
Tornado7702$794,000
Flash Flood7200$1.0 million
Heavy Snow6300$15,000
Cold/Wind Chill4900
High Wind4700$240,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill4500
Strong Wind3700$41,000
Frost/Freeze3100
Heat2800
Flood2500$260,000
Excessive Heat1908$1.0 million
Ice Storm1900
Lake-Effect Snow1702
Blizzard700$4,000
Tropical Storm400
Lightning303$10,000
Drought200
Wildfire100

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 Fulton County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Fulton CountyEvery warning in Fulton 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.