Storm History: Kings County, New York
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Kings 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
- 379
- Deaths
- 70
- Injuries
- 39
- Damage
- $80 million
- Episodes
- 306
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | 76 | 4 | 1 | $62 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 45 | 0 | 1 | $144,000 |
| High Wind | 33 | 3 | 4 | $1.7 million |
| Heavy Snow | 33 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 32 | 2 | 3 | $115,000 |
| Tornado | 30 | 0 | 18 | $8.8 million |
| Strong Wind | 19 | 1 | 3 | $618,000 |
| Coastal Flood | 14 | 5 | 0 | |
| Flood | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 13 | 1 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Heat | 5 | 29 | 0 | |
| Rip Current | 5 | 7 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 4 | 0 | 2 | $23,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 3 | 0 | 1 | $7.1 million |
| Excessive Heat | 3 | 13 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
- Heat, July 4, 1999
- Heat, August 1, 2006
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2011
- Coastal Flood, October 28, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 4, 2007
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Rip Current, June 5, 2005
- Excessive Heat, July 24, 2010
- Rip Current, July 5, 2024
- Hail, July 26, 2012
- Strong Wind, January 30, 2008
- High Wind, February 25, 1996
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 17, 2000
- Heat, August 8, 2001
- Hail, April 19, 2002
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2003
- Rip Current, July 26, 2008
- Cold/Wind Chill, November 13, 2013
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Tornado, September 16, 2010
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- Flash Flood, October 19, 1996
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Tornado, September 8, 2012
- Strong Wind, March 28, 2016
- High Wind, April 3, 2016
- High Wind, March 13, 2010
- High Wind, December 21, 2012
- Strong Wind, February 24, 2016
- Strong Wind, November 1, 2019
- High Wind, January 23, 2017
- High Wind, February 13, 2017
- Strong Wind, March 22, 2017
- Strong Wind, December 25, 2017
- High Wind, March 2, 2018
- High Wind, February 25, 2019
- Strong Wind, January 25, 2020
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, June 24, 1985
- Hail, July 28, 1995
- Hail, July 15, 1992
- Hail, June 6, 1975
- Hail, June 4, 2021
- Hail, August 15, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2019
- Hail, June 2, 2019
- Hail, June 19, 2017
- Hail, July 26, 2012
- Hail, August 19, 2011
- Hail, March 29, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2003
- Hail, May 18, 2000
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2026
- Blizzard, February 22, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2026
- Heavy Snow, December 26, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2025
- Flash Flood, October 30, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2025
- High Wind, February 16, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2024
- Rip Current, July 5, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2024
- High Wind, April 3, 2024
- High Wind, March 11, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2024
- Coastal Flood, January 13, 2024
- Coastal Flood, January 10, 2024
- High Wind, December 18, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 29, 2023
- Rip Current, July 27, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2023
- Lightning, July 4, 2023
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 7, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 18, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2022
- Blizzard, January 28, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2022
- Tornado, November 13, 2021
- High Wind, October 29, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2021
- Hail, June 4, 2021
- Hail, April 21, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 18, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- High Wind, December 25, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2020
- Hail, June 29, 2020
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Strong Wind, January 25, 2020
- High Wind, January 16, 2020
- Strong Wind, November 1, 2019
- Coastal Flood, October 27, 2019
- Coastal Flood, October 16, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 4, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2019
- Hail, June 29, 2019
- Hail, June 2, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 2019
- Heavy Snow, March 3, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2019
- High Wind, February 25, 2019
- Strong Wind, January 30, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 30, 2019
- Strong Wind, January 24, 2019
- Strong Wind, January 21, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Strong Wind, October 27, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2018
- Tornado, May 15, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2018
- High Wind, March 2, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2018
- Blizzard, January 4, 2018
- Strong Wind, December 25, 2017
- Hail, June 19, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2017
- Strong Wind, March 22, 2017
- Blizzard, March 14, 2017
- High Wind, February 13, 2017
- Blizzard, February 9, 2017
- High Wind, January 23, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2016
- High Wind, April 3, 2016
- Strong Wind, March 28, 2016
- Strong Wind, February 24, 2016
- Blizzard, January 22, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2015
- Blizzard, January 26, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 17, 2014
- Flash Flood, October 22, 2014
- Rip Current, July 22, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2014
- Flood, April 30, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2014
- Dense Fog, December 5, 2013
- Cold/Wind Chill, November 13, 2013
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2013
- Blizzard, February 8, 2013
- High Wind, December 26, 2012
- High Wind, December 21, 2012
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Coastal Flood, October 28, 2012
- Tornado, September 8, 2012
- Hail, August 15, 2012
- Hail, July 26, 2012
- Winter Storm, October 29, 2011
- Tornado, August 28, 2011
- Storm Surge/Tide, August 28, 2011
- Flood, August 27, 2011
- Hail, August 19, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 14, 2011
- Tornado, July 29, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2011
- Blizzard, December 26, 2010
- Strong Wind, November 17, 2010
- Flash Flood, October 11, 2010
- Flash Flood, October 1, 2010
- Tornado, September 16, 2010
- Excessive Heat, July 24, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2010
- High Wind, March 13, 2010
- Coastal Flood, March 12, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2010
- Strong Wind, January 3, 2010
- Blizzard, December 19, 2009
- Strong Wind, October 7, 2009
- Tornado, July 29, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2009
- Hail, March 29, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2009
- High Wind, February 12, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 6, 2008
- Tropical Storm, September 6, 2008
- Rip Current, July 26, 2008
- Lightning, July 6, 2008
- High Wind, March 8, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 5, 2008
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2008
- Strong Wind, January 30, 2008
- Flash Flood, October 19, 2007
- Flash Flood, October 11, 2007
- Tornado, August 8, 2007
- Tornado, July 18, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 2007
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Coastal Flood, April 15, 2007
- Winter Storm, March 16, 2007
- Ice Storm, February 13, 2007
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 4, 2007
- Heavy Rain, September 2, 2006
- Heat, August 1, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 29, 2006
- High Wind, February 17, 2006
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2006
- High Wind, January 18, 2006
- Strong Wind, October 25, 2005
- Strong Wind, October 16, 2005
- Flash Flood, October 14, 2005
- Flood, October 12, 2005
- Flash Flood, October 8, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2005
- Rip Current, June 5, 2005
- Flood, April 2, 2005
- Flood, March 28, 2005
- High Wind, March 8, 2005
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2005
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2005
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2005
- High Wind, December 1, 2004
- Flash Flood, September 28, 2004
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2004
- Flash Flood, September 8, 2004
- Lightning, July 5, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2004
- Heavy Snow, January 15, 2004
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2004
- Blizzard, December 5, 2003
- High Wind, November 13, 2003
- Flash Flood, September 23, 2003
- Tropical Storm, September 18, 2003
- Flash Flood, August 17, 2003
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2003
- Heavy Snow, April 7, 2003
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2003
- Heavy Snow, December 5, 2002
- Heavy Rain, October 11, 2002
- Drought, October 1, 2002
- Heavy Rain, September 26, 2002
- High Wind, September 11, 2002
- Flash Flood, September 2, 2002
- Drought, September 1, 2002
- Drought, August 1, 2002
- Heat, July 29, 2002
- Heat, July 2, 2002
- Drought, July 1, 2002
- Drought, June 1, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2002
- Drought, May 1, 2002
- Hail, April 19, 2002
- Drought, April 1, 2002
- Drought, January 1, 2002
- Flood, August 14, 2001
- Heat, August 8, 2001
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2001
- Hail, May 29, 2001
- Flood, March 30, 2001
- High Wind, March 21, 2001
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2001
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2001
- Winter Storm, December 30, 2000
- High Wind, December 12, 2000
- Heavy Rain, July 26, 2000
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2000
- Heavy Rain, June 6, 2000
- Tornado, June 2, 2000
- Hail, May 18, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2000
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 17, 2000
- Flash Flood, September 16, 1999
- Hail, August 5, 1999
- Heat, July 4, 1999
- Flash Flood, January 3, 1999
- Tornado, September 7, 1998
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Kings CountyEvery warning in Kings 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.