Storm History: Nassau County, New York
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Nassau 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
- 851
- Deaths
- 38
- Injuries
- 193
- Damage
- $30 million
- Episodes
- 461
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 | 206 | 0 | 0 | $19 million |
| Hail | 138 | 0 | 7 | $478,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 125 | 1 | 38 | $826,000 |
| Tornado | 68 | 1 | 6 | $4.3 million |
| Coastal Flood | 64 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 45 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 44 | 10 | 1 | $4.4 million |
| Strong Wind | 33 | 1 | 1 | $1.1 million |
| Blizzard | 23 | 9 | 1 | |
| Flood | 22 | 0 | 0 | $66,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 21 | 0 | 3 | |
| Winter Weather | 17 | 1 | 129 | |
| Winter Storm | 16 | 2 | 0 | |
| Rip Current | 8 | 8 | 6 | |
| Excessive Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 3 | 0 | 1 | $30,000 |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Surf | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 1 | 1 | 0 |
The deadliest
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Blizzard, January 28, 2022
- Blizzard, February 22, 2026
- High Surf, October 1, 2001
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 9, 1997
- Strong Wind, January 16, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 11, 2000
- Rip Current, September 2, 2002
- Rip Current, October 12, 2002
- Rip Current, August 14, 2005
- Blizzard, December 26, 2010
- Tornado, August 28, 2011
- Heat, August 20, 2013
- Rip Current, August 1, 2015
- Blizzard, January 22, 2016
- Rip Current, August 29, 2016
- Rip Current, June 19, 2018
- Rip Current, June 25, 2018
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, October 14, 2005
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Tornado, September 7, 1998
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- High Wind, February 13, 2017
- High Wind, March 2, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2002
- Tornado, November 13, 2021
- Hail, June 24, 2010
- Tornado, September 27, 1970
- High Wind, April 3, 2016
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Tornado, August 12, 2005
- Flash Flood, August 14, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2010
- Hail, August 1, 2011
- Strong Wind, October 27, 2018
- High Wind, February 19, 2011
- Strong Wind, April 15, 2014
- Strong Wind, February 24, 2016
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, August 1, 2011
- Hail, May 30, 1991
- Hail, August 15, 2008
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2004
- Hail, June 24, 1985
- Hail, June 28, 2020
- Hail, June 23, 2015
- Hail, August 4, 2015
- Hail, June 24, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2009
- Hail, August 11, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2004
- Hail, May 20, 1998
- Hail, July 7, 1994
- Hail, July 15, 1992
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2026
- High Wind, February 23, 2026
- Blizzard, February 22, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2026
- Heavy Snow, December 26, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2025
- High Wind, November 16, 2025
- High Wind, November 6, 2025
- Strong Wind, October 13, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2025
- Lightning, July 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- High Wind, February 16, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 20, 2024
- High Wind, December 11, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2024
- High Wind, April 3, 2024
- High Wind, March 11, 2024
- High Wind, February 28, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2024
- Coastal Flood, January 13, 2024
- Coastal Flood, January 10, 2024
- High Wind, January 9, 2024
- Flash Flood, January 9, 2024
- High Wind, December 18, 2023
- Coastal Flood, December 18, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 29, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023
- Hail, June 6, 2023
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2023
- High Wind, February 3, 2023
- High Wind, December 23, 2022
- High Wind, November 30, 2022
- Tornado, September 25, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2022
- Hail, July 25, 2022
- Hail, July 21, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2022
- High Wind, March 12, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 25, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2022
- Blizzard, January 28, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2022
- Strong Wind, December 11, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 6, 2021
- Tornado, November 13, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2021
- Tropical Storm, July 9, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2021
- High Wind, March 26, 2021
- High Wind, March 14, 2021
- High Wind, March 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 18, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- High Wind, January 29, 2021
- High Wind, December 25, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Coastal Flood, November 15, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2020
- Coastal Flood, October 30, 2020
- Flash Flood, September 10, 2020
- Tornado, August 27, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2020
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2020
- Rip Current, July 9, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2020
- Hail, June 28, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2020
- Coastal Flood, May 7, 2020
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 9, 2020
- Strong Wind, February 7, 2020
- High Wind, February 7, 2020
- Coastal Flood, November 18, 2019
- Strong Wind, November 1, 2019
- Coastal Flood, October 27, 2019
- High Wind, October 16, 2019
- Coastal Flood, October 16, 2019
- Coastal Flood, October 10, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2019
- Hail, June 29, 2019
- Hail, June 2, 2019
- Heavy Snow, March 3, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2019
- High Wind, February 25, 2019
- Strong Wind, February 8, 2019
- High Wind, January 30, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 30, 2019
- Strong Wind, January 24, 2019
- Strong Wind, January 21, 2019
- Coastal Flood, January 20, 2019
- Strong Wind, January 10, 2019
- Coastal Flood, December 21, 2018
- Coastal Flood, November 25, 2018
- Coastal Flood, November 16, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Strong Wind, November 15, 2018
- Strong Wind, October 27, 2018
- Coastal Flood, September 9, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2018
- Strong Wind, July 22, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2018
- Rip Current, June 25, 2018
- Rip Current, June 19, 2018
- Tornado, May 15, 2018
- Strong Wind, April 16, 2018
- Strong Wind, April 4, 2018
- Heavy Snow, April 2, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 12, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2018
- High Wind, March 2, 2018
- Coastal Flood, March 2, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2018
- Storm Surge/Tide, January 30, 2018
- Blizzard, January 4, 2018
- Strong Wind, November 19, 2017
- Coastal Flood, October 30, 2017
- Strong Wind, October 29, 2017
- High Wind, October 29, 2017
- Flood, October 29, 2017
- High Surf, September 19, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2017
- Hail, June 19, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 6, 2017
- Strong Wind, March 14, 2017
- Coastal Flood, March 14, 2017
- High Wind, March 2, 2017
- Strong Wind, March 2, 2017
- High Wind, February 13, 2017
- Blizzard, February 9, 2017
- Strong Wind, January 23, 2017
- Coastal Flood, January 23, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2017
- Strong Wind, December 15, 2016
- Strong Wind, November 21, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 14, 2016
- Rip Current, August 29, 2016
- Excessive Heat, August 13, 2016
- Excessive Heat, August 12, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2016
- Coastal Flood, May 5, 2016
- High Wind, April 3, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 24, 2016
- Strong Wind, February 24, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 16, 2016
- High Wind, February 16, 2016
- Coastal Flood, February 8, 2016
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2016
- Coastal Flood, January 23, 2016
- Blizzard, January 22, 2016
- Coastal Flood, January 10, 2016
- Coastal Flood, October 2, 2015
- Flash Flood, September 10, 2015
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2015
- Hail, August 4, 2015
- Rip Current, August 1, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2015
- Hail, June 23, 2015
- Strong Wind, April 4, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2015
- Strong Wind, February 15, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2015
- Blizzard, January 26, 2015
- Flood, January 18, 2015
- Flood, December 9, 2014
- Coastal Flood, December 9, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 31, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2014
- Flood, April 30, 2014
- Coastal Flood, April 29, 2014
- Strong Wind, April 15, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2013
- Strong Wind, November 27, 2013
- Strong Wind, November 24, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 7, 2013
- Hail, September 3, 2013
- Heat, August 20, 2013
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2013
- Coastal Flood, March 7, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 7, 2013
- Coastal Flood, February 27, 2013
- Coastal Flood, February 8, 2013
- Blizzard, February 8, 2013
- Flood, January 31, 2013
- High Wind, December 26, 2012
- Coastal Flood, December 26, 2012
- Coastal Flood, November 7, 2012
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Coastal Flood, October 28, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2012
- Hail, August 15, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2012
- Tornado, August 10, 2012
- Hail, July 26, 2012
- Hail, July 18, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Hail, June 22, 2012
- Coastal Flood, June 4, 2012
- Coastal Flood, October 27, 2011
- Coastal Flood, September 28, 2011
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Nassau CountyEvery warning in Nassau 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.