Storm History: Genesee County, New York

Events

450

Deaths

7

Injuries

3

Damage

$31 million

Episodes

352

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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• Tornado, September 3, 19932 deaths · $500,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Lightning, August 10, 20162 deaths · 1 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, November 17, 20141 death · 1 injured · $285,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 6, 20221 death · $50,000 · 63 kt wind · 2 events here
• Blizzard, December 23, 20221 death · 51 kt wind · 2 events here

• Hail, June 16, 2008$10 million · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Lake-Effect Snow, October 12, 2006$3.0 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 25, 2009$2.0 million · EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 26, 1998$1.0 million · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 24, 2001$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, January 31, 2002$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, April 4, 2003$800,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 3, 19932 deaths · $500,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 20, 2000$500,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 1, 2002$500,000 · 63 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 17, 2005$500,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 8, 20171 injured · $500,000 · 63 kt wind · 1 event here
• Lakeshore Flood, October 31, 2019$500,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, November 16, 2022$500,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 8, 1998$400,000 · 4 events here
• Lake-Effect Snow, November 17, 20141 death · 1 injured · $285,000 · 1 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, November 19, 2014$285,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 4, 1999$250,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, January 23, 1999$220,000 · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 9, 2002$200,000 · 57 kt wind · 1 event here

• Hail, August 27, 2020$37,000 · 2 in hail · 8 events here
• Hail, August 20, 19702 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 8, 2017$32,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 22, 2013$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 21, 2010$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 16, 2008$10 million · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 18, 1997$36,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 2, 2020$1,000 · 1.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 2, 20141.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 31, 1998$27,000 · 1.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 13, 1995$4,000 · 1.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 17, 2014$35,000 · 1.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, May 22, 2004$23,000 · 1.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 4, 1998$10,000 · 1.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, October 6, 2024$2,000 · 1 in hail · 4 events here

• Tornado, May 31, 1985F4 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 15, 1961F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 3, 19932 deaths · $500,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 30, 1987F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, October 14, 1989F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 10, 2024$500 · EF2 · 2 events here

Every tornado in Genesee County, with its track

• Frost/Freeze, May 12, 20261 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 9, 202650 kt wind · 3 events here
• Frost/Freeze, May 2, 20261 event here
• Winter Storm, March 13, 202655 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, February 3, 20261 event here
• Winter Storm, January 25, 20261 event here
• Winter Storm, January 18, 20262 events here
• Winter Storm, January 14, 20261 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, January 9, 202659 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 1, 20261 event here
• Winter Storm, December 29, 202569 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2025$4,000 · 53 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 202570 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 27, 202557 kt wind · 1 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, January 13, 20251 event here
• High Wind, December 29, 2024$5,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, December 11, 20241 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, December 1, 20241 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, November 29, 20241 event here
• Hail, October 6, 2024$2,000 · 1 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, September 9, 2024$20,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 5, 2024$5,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 15, 2024$4,000 · EF0 · 5 events here
• Tornado, July 10, 2024$500 · EF2 · 2 events here
• Lake-Effect Snow, January 16, 20241 event here
• Winter Storm, January 12, 2024$10,000 · 59 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, January 9, 2024$10,000 · 69 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 29, 20231 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2023$500 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, May 17, 20231 event here
• Lakeshore Flood, March 25, 2023$2,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, February 22, 20231 event here
• High Wind, February 9, 202353 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 23, 20221 death · 51 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, December 2, 2022$20,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, November 16, 2022$500,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, August 17, 20220.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 25, 2022$26,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• High Wind, March 6, 20221 death · $50,000 · 63 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, February 2, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, January 16, 20221 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, January 6, 20221 event here
• Lakeshore Flood, December 11, 2021$50,000 · 66 kt wind · 1 event here
• Lakeshore Flood, December 5, 202162 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 16, 20212 events here
• Flash Flood, July 8, 2021$500 · 51 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2021$5,000 · 51 kt wind · 1 event here
• Lakeshore Flood, March 26, 2021$10,000 · 59 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 15, 20211 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, February 6, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, December 24, 20201 event here
• Lakeshore Flood, November 15, 2020$50,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 27, 2020$37,000 · 2 in hail · 8 events here
• Tornado, July 29, 2020$6,000 · EF0 · 5 events here
• Hail, June 22, 2020$2,000 · 51 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 2, 2020$1,000 · 1.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, May 13, 20201 event here
• Frost/Freeze, May 12, 20201 event here
• Frost/Freeze, May 9, 20201 event here
• Hail, March 29, 2020$2,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 20, 202059 kt wind · 1 event here
• Lakeshore Flood, January 12, 2020$15,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Lakeshore Flood, November 27, 201959 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, November 11, 20191 event here
• Flood, November 1, 2019$75,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Lakeshore Flood, October 31, 2019$500,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, May 25, 2019$1,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 10, 2019$5,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 27, 20191 event here
• Flash Flood, February 24, 2019$20,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 8, 201954 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, January 28, 20192 events here
• Lake-Effect Snow, January 25, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, January 19, 20191 event here
• High Wind, January 1, 2019$10,000 · 58 kt wind · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 17, 20181 event here
• Flash Flood, July 16, 2018$10,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 4, 201855 kt wind · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, April 14, 2018$15,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 4, 2018$20,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 1, 2018$30,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 12, 2018$30,000 · 1 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, December 10, 2017$15,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, November 5, 2017$10,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 15, 2017$10,000 · 57 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 4, 2017$8,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Lightning, July 24, 2017$75,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 23, 2017$15,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 13, 2017$15,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 8, 2017$32,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Flood, May 1, 2017$45,000 · 68 kt wind · 4 events here
• Flood, April 20, 2017$30,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 4, 2017$30,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 13, 2017$30,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 8, 20171 injured · $500,000 · 63 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 1, 2017$25,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 11, 2017$75,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 4, 2017$50,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, December 13, 2016$20,000 · 1 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, November 19, 2016$20,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20161 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20161 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 17, 2016$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20161 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2016$8,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Lightning, August 10, 20162 deaths · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20161 event here
• Drought, July 21, 20161 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2016$45,000 · 60 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 2, 2016$20,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 15, 2016$15,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2015$65,000 · 50 kt wind · 6 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 2015$35,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 20, 2015$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 10, 2015$35,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 8, 2015$15,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 1, 2015$20,000 · 1 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, January 8, 2015$15,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 4, 2015$20,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, January 1, 2015$15,000 · 1 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, December 31, 2014$20,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, December 24, 2014$15,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 24, 2014$40,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 10, 2014$25,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 24, 2014$15,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, November 24, 2014$100,000 · 1 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, November 19, 2014$285,000 · 1 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, November 17, 20141 death · 1 injured · $285,000 · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 11, 20141 event here
• Flash Flood, August 2, 20141.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2014$10,000 · 57 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 17, 2014$35,000 · 1.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 12, 2014$20,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 29, 2014$20,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 12, 2014$30,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 4, 2014$15,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, January 6, 2014$45,000 · 2 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 2, 20141 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 1, 2014$16,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, December 21, 2013$20,000 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 21, 2013$50,000 · 1 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, December 15, 2013$7,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 14, 2013$7,000 · 1 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, December 10, 2013$8,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, November 26, 2013$15,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 18, 2013$35,000 · 59 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 1, 2013$20,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 28, 20131 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 23, 20131 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2013$10,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 22, 2013$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, May 13, 20131 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 8, 2013$15,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 31, 2013$10,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 20, 2013$15,000 · 67 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 26, 2012$10,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 29, 2012$150,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 12, 20121 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 2012$10,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, September 6, 2012$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 31, 2012$175,000 · 55 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2012$20,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 29, 20121 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 27, 20121 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 17, 20121 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 12, 20121 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 4, 20122 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 2, 20121 event here
• High Wind, March 3, 2012$25,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 17, 2012$50,000 · 63 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, January 17, 2012$54,000 · 62 kt wind · 6 events here
• Frost/Freeze, October 27, 20111 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2011$25,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 28, 2011$30,000 · 72 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 25, 2011$20,000 · 1 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, December 12, 2010$10,000 · 1 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, December 1, 2010$20,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 7, 2010$24,000 · 51 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2010$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 21, 2010$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• High Wind, May 8, 2010$100,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, December 10, 2009$35,000 · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 11, 20091 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 28, 2009$35,000 · 60 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, August 9, 2009$20,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 25, 2009$2.0 million · EF1 · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, May 17, 20093 events here
• Flood, March 7, 2009$10,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 12, 2009$30,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, February 12, 2009$15,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 27, 2009$20,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 30, 2008$10,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 28, 2008$100,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, December 27, 2008$50,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 24, 2008$25,000 · 54 kt wind · 1 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, December 21, 2008$15,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 19, 2008$20,000 · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 19, 20081 event here
• High Wind, September 14, 2008$100,000 · 57 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 14, 2008$15,000 · 54 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 18, 2008$20,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2008$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 23, 2008$12,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 16, 2008$10 million · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Winter Storm, March 7, 2008$25,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 4, 2008$10,000 · 1 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, February 19, 2008$10,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 30, 2008$150,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, January 9, 2008$25,000 · 65 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, January 9, 2008$150,000 · 64 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 15, 2007$15,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 11, 2007$15,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2007$15,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 19, 2007$20,000 · 55 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2007$20,000 · 55 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, March 16, 2007$10,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, March 14, 2007$125,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 13, 2007$20,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, December 1, 2006$20,000 · 58 kt wind · 1 event here
• Lake-Effect Snow, October 12, 2006$3.0 million · 1 event here
• Hail, April 13, 2006$10,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 2, 2006$5,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 17, 2006$150,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 5, 2006$10,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 17, 2005$500,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, November 9, 2005$10,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 6, 2005$150,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, November 6, 2005$15,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 29, 2005$15,000 · 58 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2005$30,000 · 55 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 14, 2005$20,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 13, 2005$20,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, April 2, 2005$50,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 1, 2005$10,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 22, 2005$25,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 7, 2004$40,000 · 54 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, September 9, 2004$150,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2004$15,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 22, 2004$23,000 · 1.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 20, 2004$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 18, 2004$100,000 · 75 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, March 16, 2004$200,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 19, 2004$10,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 11, 2004$8,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 14, 2003$10,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 25, 20031 event here
• High Wind, November 13, 200357 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, November 12, 20030.75 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 15, 2003$150,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here

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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.