New York

Storm History: Niagara County, New York

408 episodes, 591 events since 1963

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Niagara 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
591
Deaths
2
Injuries
20
Damage
$38 million
Episodes
408

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.

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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
Thunderstorm Wind16002$1.6 million
Hail8805$6.7 million
Flash Flood8200$3.3 million
High Wind6309$5.2 million
Winter Storm3810$661,000
Heavy Snow3602$4.3 million
Tornado2801$468,000
Flood2500$10 million
Frost/Freeze2100
Lake-Effect Snow1200$2.1 million
Lakeshore Flood1100$743,000
Coastal Flood700
Blizzard510$33,000
Drought500
Ice Storm400$2.2 million
Lightning201$200,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Funnel Cloud100
Seiche100$30,000

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 Niagara County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Niagara CountyEvery warning in Niagara 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.