New York

Storm History: New York County, New York

282 episodes, 317 events since 1979

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.

Open the live radar over New York County

Every year

From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Flash Flood6401$114 million
Heavy Snow3410$20 million
High Wind2629$1.1 million
Thunderstorm Wind2512$102,000
Tornado1904$48,000
Flood1900$1,000
Hail1814$318,000
Winter Storm1800
Strong Wind17021$243,000
Blizzard1300
Heavy Rain1300
Coastal Flood920$2.5 million
Excessive Heat970
Drought800
Winter Weather600
Heat5250
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill410
Dense Fog2110
Lightning200$10,000
Ice Storm200
Tropical Storm200$4.5 million
Cold/Wind Chill100
Storm Surge/Tide100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

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 tornado in New York County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.