Hail in New York

Events

5,067

Deaths

0

Injuries

90

Damage

$118 million

• Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 15, 19955 deaths · 11 injured · $186 million · 1 in hail · 102 eventsA complex of severe thunderstorms raced across the area before sunrise on the 15th. Thunderstorm winds caused widespread damage, downing trees and wires. In North Syracuse, Onondaga County, a parked Boeing 727 at Syracuse Airport was blown into a parked Boeing 737.
• Tornadoes and Hail in New York, May 31, 199868 injured · $71 million · F3 · 66 eventsDuring the morning hours of May 31, a strong low pressure system over the upper Great Lakes pushed a warm front across eastern New York and western New England. This set the stage for a major severe weather outbreak in eastern New York.
• Tornadoes and Hail in New York, May 2, 19833 deaths · 7 injured · $40 million · F3 · 17 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in New York, July 8 to 9, 20144 deaths · $1.1 million · EF2 · 29 eventsA strong upper level system moving across the region led to the development of numerous severe thunderstorms across central New York during the afternoon and evening hours of July 8th.
• Tornadoes and Hail in New York, July 10, 198928 injured · $125 million · F4 · 57 events
• Flash Flooding and Flood in New York, June 19 to 20, 20074 deaths · $30 million · 1.25 in hail · 30 eventsHigh pressure moved off the east coast ahead of an approaching cold front, allowing southwest winds to bring a flow of hot and humid air across the region.
• Tornadoes and Hail in New York, May 31, 19981 death · 30 injured · $5.2 million · F3 · 43 eventsAn intensifying storm system moved across upstate New York and into southern Quebec early in the morning on the 31st. This system dragged a warm front northeastward across central New York. A southerly flow of warm, moist, and unstable air quickly developed.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, September 6 to 7, 19983 deaths · 10 injured · $125 million · 0.75 in hail · 13 eventsA long lived severe convective wind system or derecho moved into northern portions of the county just before 100 am EDT. These same storms had caused considerable damage upstream in the Rochester area.
• Tornado and Hail in New York, October 14, 19893 deaths · 4 injured · $25,000 · F2 · 66 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in New York, June 16, 200275 injured · $97,000 · F1 · 10 eventsThunderstorms developed along an occluded frontal bounday by midday June 16. Their intensity was aided by a large cold pocket of air aloft combined with the strong June midday sunshine. As the storms approached the Hudson Valley of eastern New York, some of them became severe.
• Tornado and Hail in New York, September 7, 19982 deaths · 13 injured · $3.5 million · F2 · 20 eventsAn intense line of severe thunderstorms oriented from north to south developed during Labor Day afternoon ahead of a strong approaching cold front. As the storms moved east at 40 to 50 mph, they produced high winds, large hail, and an isolated tornado.
• Tornadoes and Hail in New York, June 29, 19903 deaths · 8 injured · $275,000 · F0 · 35 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in New York, June 22, 20253 deaths · 2 injured · $717,000 · EF1 · 34 eventsA mesoscale convective system (MCS) dropped southward across Central NY from eastern Ontario, moving into an environment with plenty of moisture and instability during the early morning hours.
• Tornadoes and Hail in New York, May 31, 198510 injured · $5.3 million · F4 · 28 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in New York, September 16, 20102 deaths · 2 injured · $27 million · EF1 · 33 eventsA warm front in conjunction with strong upper level winds produced numerous severe thunderstorms, including tornadic cells, across the New York City Metropolitan Area.
• Tornadoes and Hail in New York, June 16, 19862 deaths · 8 injured · $500,000 · F1 · 51 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 18, 19972 deaths · 24 injured · 1 in hail · 10 eventsTwo "waves" of severe thunderstorms moved southeast across the area: The first line of thunderstorms moved across Nassau and Western Suffolk Counties during the early afternoon. The second line of thunderstorms moved over the area during the evening.
• Tornadoes and Hail in New York, August 28, 19731 injured · $50,000 · F4 · 10 events
• Tornado and Hail in New York, June 12, 19912 deaths · 3 injured · $25,000 · F0 · 46 events
• Tornado and Hail in New York, July 14, 19881 injured · $2.5 million · F3 · 46 events
• Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, August 11, 20042 deaths · 2 injured · 1 in hail · 7 eventsA cold front moved into a humid airmass over the tri-state area on August 11th. Thunderstorms developed along this cold front during the afternoon. Due to the moist airmass in place over the region, the thunderstorms became quite strong to severe.
• Tornadoes and Hail in New York, August 28, 19905 injured · $3.3 million · F2 · 79 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in New York, August 28, 19881 death · 3 injured · $500,000 · F1 · 30 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in New York, May 29, 19955 injured · $11 million · F2 · 37 eventsA warm front and a strong cold front moved across eastern New York during the afternoon and evening hours of May 29th resulting in severe weather across parts of the area.
• Tornado and Hail in New York, October 7, 20201 death · $97,000 · EF0 · 92 eventsA high-end severe weather event unfolded across the Northeast on Wednesday October 7, 2020. A line of thunderstorms originated across New York state and moved eastward into New England during the afternoon hours, producing widespread damage.

Hail everywhereEvery kind of event in New York

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.