Heavy Rain in New York

Events

438

Deaths

2

Injuries

9

Damage

$1.2 million

• Flooding and Heavy Rain in New York, April 15 to 18, 20071 death · 1 injured · $11 million · 8 eventsLow pressure developed over the lower Mississippi Valley on Saturday April 14th, and then moved northeast while intensifying, reaching the southern Appalachians by Sunday morning, April 15th, and then just south of western Long Island by Monday morning, April 16th.
• Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in New York, August 22 to 23, 20101 death · 2 injured · $150,000 · 9 eventsA warm front extending through the Tri-State Area from a low pressure system moving across the northern Mid-Atlantic States acted as the focus for heavy rain and training thunderstorms in Queens and Nassau Counties.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in New York, July 10 to 12, 2024$61,000 · EF2 · 69 eventsOn July 10, 2024, most of western and central New York were impacted by the remnants of tropical cyclone Beryl.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, June 27, 20071 death · 1 in hail · 25 eventsA hot, humid and unstable airmass, interacted with a lake breeze boundary and led to numerous thunderstorms across eastern New York and western New England during the late afternoon hours of Wednesday June 27th, some of which were severe.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, July 23 to 24, 2008$25 million · 1 in hail · 18 eventsA stationary front extending from southern New England through the Delmarva region pulled eastward as low pressure developed along the boundary. As moisture pulled northward, heavy rain showers and thunderstorms developed, producing severe weather and flooding.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in New York, August 8, 20079 injured · EF2 · 11 eventsAn approaching cold font, interacting with energy aloft, produced numerous thunderstorms, including one which produced two tornadoes across Southern New York City, and later produced wind damage in Nassau County.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, July 7 to 8, 20131 death · 1.75 in hail · 14 eventsDuring the day on Sunday, July 7th, a warm, southerly flow around a Bermuda High Pressure area allowed plenty of moisture to stream into eastern New York. This allowed for an unstable air mass to be in place across the region.
• Flooding and Heavy Rain in New York, April 2 to 3, 2005$17 million · 12 eventsA low pressure system developed in the Gulf Of Mexico and rapidly intensified as it moved north to northeast. The low passed over the Appalachian Mountains and moved slowly west of the local area during Saturday and Sunday, April 2nd and 3rd.
• Heavy Rain in New York, June 22, 20111 death · 1 eventThunderstorms moving across the area produced heavy rainfall, which resulted in poor visibility and led to a fatal motor vehicle accident.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in New York, May 29, 20131 injured · EF2 · 38 eventsDuring the day on May 29th, a warm front lifted northward across eastern New York. Although the day began cloudy, some breaks of sun started to occur by early afternoon.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 21, 2010$680,000 · 1.75 in hail · 18 eventsOn July 21st, a developing surface low across the Great Lakes traveled along a stationary boundary draped across the North Country. Surface conditions became increasingly unstable during the afternoon with temperatures in the 80s and dewpoints in the 60s and lower 70s.
• Heavy Rain in New York, April 8, 2001$1.0 million · 1 eventExcesssive rains and snowmelt led to massive erosion, resulting in a mudslide between Amsterdam and Rotterdam Junction in eastern Montgomery County. The mud slide took place, April 8, on an escarpment located on the north side of the Mohawk River.
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in New York, January 3, 1999$500,000 · 10 eventsWith cold air in place along the surface, as a strong low pressure system moved northeast across the Great Lakes, a second low formed over the Mid-Atlantic States and moved northeast across Long Island during Sunday afternoon, January 3rd.A light intermittent mix of sleet and…
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in New York, June 20 to 21, 2019$405,000 · 13 eventsThough the primary west to east oriented frontal boundary with upper 60s to low 70s dewpoints streaming into it remained south across Ohio and Pennsylvania, a deepening low pressure system crossing New York State and a very moist air mass resulted in a dynamic moisture-laden…
• Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 4, 20011 injured · $277,000 · 0.75 in hail · 12 eventsA cold front, plowing into an unstable airmass, triggered widespread thunderstorms across eastern New York on the evening of Independence Day. Some of the storms became strong to locally severe.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 27, 2020$86,000 · 2 in hail · 33 eventsA warm front pushed a very hot air mass into western New York. Temperatures soared to as high as 92 degrees at Dansville. Combined with dewpoints in the low to mid 70s, a very highly unstable environment developed with northwest flow aloft.
• Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in New York, July 16 to 17, 2021$100,000 · 21 eventsAn area of low pressure tracked northeast across Ohio along a stationary front that stretches all the way east through western and central New York. This area of low pressure then tracked east across western New York and the Finger Lakes region.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, August 15, 2020$153,000 · 51 kt wind · 10 eventsA diffuse and weak mid-level trough drifted across the eastern Great Lakes during the afternoon and evening, with a weak inverted trough at the surface extending from the Middle Atlantic states into western New York.
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in New York, May 22, 2013$100,000 · 60 kt wind · 16 eventsAs a frontal boundary moved into the region, some areas received heavy rainfall from thunderstorms during the day of Tuesday, May 21st and into the early morning hours on May 22nd. This frontal boundary become stationary across the region for Wednesday, May 22nd.
• Flooding and Heavy Rain in New York, August 19, 2021$20,000 · 49 eventsThe remnants of Tropical Storm Fred were forecast to move across the region. Out ahead of the remnants of Fred, a slow-moving frontal zone and tropical moisture spreading north ahead of Fred allowed for a pre-cursory heavy rainfall event on August 17.
• Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in New York, June 22, 2025$40,000 · 50 kt wind · 33 eventsDuring the early morning of June 22nd, a long lasting mesoscale convective system (MCS) tracked southeast out of Canada, crossing the St. Lawrence River and into the north central New York area.
• Heavy Rain in New York, April 9 to 10, 2001$100,000 · 1 eventExcessive rains and rapid snowmelt produced a mudslide in the town of Mohawk, Herkimer County which covered portions of Route 334, blocking traffic.
• Flash Flooding and Flood in New York, August 21, 2019$54,000 · 50 kt wind · 10 eventsWell ahead of an approaching cold front and more tied to convective enhanced shortwave, strong thunderstorms developed in clusters early morning. Warm rain processes dominated with precipitable water values closing in on 1.8 inches.
• Flash Flood and Hail in New York, June 26, 2009$40,000 · 1.5 in hail · 14 eventsA shortwave rotating around a deep upper trough over New England acted on warm humid air in place at the surface to allow for supercell thunderstorms to form and track across the Lower Hudson Valley and Long Island.
• Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in New York, June 18, 2024$24,000 · 51 kt wind · 23 eventsStrong to severe thunderstorms developed within a highly unstable atmosphere across most of western New York. Thunderstorms developed as an outflow boundary from upstream convection moved into western New York.

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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.