Storm History: New York County, New York
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in New York 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
- 317
- Deaths
- 41
- Injuries
- 51
- Damage
- $143 million
- Episodes
- 282
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 | 64 | 0 | 1 | $114 million |
| Heavy Snow | 34 | 1 | 0 | $20 million |
| High Wind | 26 | 2 | 9 | $1.1 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 25 | 1 | 2 | $102,000 |
| Tornado | 19 | 0 | 4 | $48,000 |
| Flood | 19 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Hail | 18 | 1 | 4 | $318,000 |
| Winter Storm | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 17 | 0 | 21 | $243,000 |
| Blizzard | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 9 | 2 | 0 | $2.5 million |
| Excessive Heat | 9 | 7 | 0 | |
| Drought | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $4.5 million |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
- Heat, July 4, 1999
- Heat, August 1, 2006
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2011
- Heat, August 8, 2001
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 4, 2010
- Coastal Flood, October 28, 2012
- Dense Fog, February 27, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 9, 1998
- Hail, August 2, 2002
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 4, 2007
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2010
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2013
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2003
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- Coastal Flood, October 19, 1996
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Hail, August 18, 2009
- Strong Wind, February 24, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2008
- Strong Wind, November 19, 2017
- High Wind, March 2, 2018
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Tornado, August 31, 1995
- High Wind, February 16, 2016
- Strong Wind, January 25, 2010
- Strong Wind, November 1, 2013
- Strong Wind, April 15, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2025
- Lightning, April 17, 2011
- Strong Wind, April 4, 2015
- Strong Wind, February 25, 2019
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 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, September 6, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Hail, May 23, 2024
- High Wind, April 3, 2024
- High Wind, March 23, 2024
- High Wind, March 11, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2024
- High Wind, December 18, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2023
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2022
- Blizzard, January 28, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2022
- Tornado, November 13, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2021
- Hail, June 4, 2021
- High Wind, April 30, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 18, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- High Wind, January 29, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2020
- High Wind, November 2, 2020
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2020
- Hail, June 29, 2020
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2019
- Hail, June 29, 2019
- Strong Wind, April 15, 2019
- Heavy Snow, March 3, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2019
- Strong Wind, February 25, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 30, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2018
- Tornado, May 15, 2018
- Flash Flood, April 16, 2018
- Heavy Snow, April 2, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2018
- High Wind, March 2, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2018
- Blizzard, January 4, 2018
- Strong Wind, November 19, 2017
- Hail, June 19, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 5, 2017
- Blizzard, March 14, 2017
- Blizzard, February 9, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2017
- Excessive Heat, August 13, 2016
- Excessive Heat, August 12, 2016
- Strong Wind, February 24, 2016
- High Wind, February 16, 2016
- Blizzard, January 22, 2016
- Strong Wind, April 4, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2015
- Blizzard, January 26, 2015
- Flood, January 18, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2013
- Dense Fog, December 5, 2013
- Strong Wind, November 1, 2013
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 2013
- Blizzard, February 8, 2013
- Flood, January 31, 2013
- High Wind, December 26, 2012
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Coastal Flood, October 28, 2012
- Tornado, September 8, 2012
- Hail, July 18, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2012
- Winter Storm, October 29, 2011
- Tornado, August 28, 2011
- Storm Surge/Tide, August 28, 2011
- Flood, August 27, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2011
- Hail, June 17, 2011
- Lightning, April 17, 2011
- Coastal Flood, April 16, 2011
- Ice Storm, February 1, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2011
- Blizzard, December 26, 2010
- Flash Flood, October 1, 2010
- Excessive Heat, July 4, 2010
- Flood, March 28, 2010
- Flood, March 13, 2010
- Coastal Flood, March 12, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2010
- Strong Wind, January 25, 2010
- Blizzard, December 19, 2009
- Hail, August 18, 2009
- Tornado, July 29, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2009
- High Wind, February 12, 2009
- Tropical Storm, September 6, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2008
- Hail, August 11, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2008
- High Wind, March 8, 2008
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2008
- Strong Wind, January 9, 2008
- Flash Flood, October 11, 2007
- Tornado, August 8, 2007
- Tornado, July 18, 2007
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2007
- Flash Flood, April 27, 2007
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Winter Storm, March 16, 2007
- Ice Storm, February 13, 2007
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 4, 2007
- Strong Wind, January 20, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2006
- Heat, August 1, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 29, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2006
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2006
- High Wind, January 18, 2006
- Heavy Snow, December 9, 2005
- Strong Wind, November 24, 2005
- Strong Wind, October 25, 2005
- Strong Wind, October 16, 2005
- Flood, October 12, 2005
- Flash Flood, October 8, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2005
- Strong Wind, April 28, 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, February 21, 2005
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2005
- Flash Flood, September 28, 2004
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2004
- Flash Flood, September 8, 2004
- Lightning, July 14, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2004
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2004
- Blizzard, December 5, 2003
- High Wind, November 13, 2003
- Flash Flood, September 23, 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
- Drought, September 1, 2002
- Flash Flood, August 16, 2002
- Hail, August 2, 2002
- Drought, August 1, 2002
- Heat, July 29, 2002
- Heat, July 2, 2002
- Drought, July 1, 2002
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2002
- Drought, June 1, 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 23, 2001
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2001
- Flood, March 30, 2001
- High Wind, March 21, 2001
- Winter Storm, March 5, 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
- Heavy Rain, June 6, 2000
- Tornado, June 2, 2000
- Winter Storm, February 18, 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
- Flash Flood, August 26, 1999
- Heat, July 4, 1999
- Strong Wind, March 18, 1999
- Flash Flood, January 3, 1999
- Tornado, September 7, 1998
- Flash Flood, August 17, 1998
- Heavy Rain, June 12, 1998
- Flash Flood, June 12, 1998
- Hail, May 20, 1998
- Heavy Rain, May 9, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 9, 1998
- Flood, March 8, 1998
- High Wind, February 4, 1998
- Flood, January 23, 1998
- Strong Wind, November 27, 1997
- Heavy Rain, November 7, 1997
- Strong Wind, November 1, 1997
- Heavy Rain, August 20, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 1997
- Heavy Rain, July 24, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 6, 1997
- Coastal Flood, March 31, 1997
- High Wind, March 6, 1997
- Dense Fog, February 27, 1997
- Coastal Flood, December 13, 1996
- Coastal Flood, December 7, 1996
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in New York CountyEvery warning in New York 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.