Storm History: Niagara County, New York
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 160 | 0 | 2 | $1.6 million |
| Hail | 88 | 0 | 5 | $6.7 million |
| Flash Flood | 82 | 0 | 0 | $3.3 million |
| High Wind | 63 | 0 | 9 | $5.2 million |
| Winter Storm | 38 | 1 | 0 | $661,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 36 | 0 | 2 | $4.3 million |
| Tornado | 28 | 0 | 1 | $468,000 |
| Flood | 25 | 0 | 0 | $10 million |
| Frost/Freeze | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lake-Effect Snow | 12 | 0 | 0 | $2.1 million |
| Lakeshore Flood | 11 | 0 | 0 | $743,000 |
| Coastal Flood | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 5 | 1 | 0 | $33,000 |
| Drought | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | $2.2 million |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 1 | $200,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Seiche | 1 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, November 1, 2019
- Hail, September 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2001
- Lake-Effect Snow, October 12, 2006
- Flood, May 17, 2019
- Ice Storm, January 31, 2002
- Hail, June 16, 2008
- Hail, September 27, 1998
- Flash Flood, January 8, 1998
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- High Wind, April 28, 2011
- Flood, June 28, 2013
- High Wind, February 1, 2002
- Ice Storm, April 4, 2003
- Heavy Snow, January 15, 1999
- Hail, June 2, 1998
- Flash Flood, November 2, 1999
- Heavy Snow, November 20, 2000
- Hail, April 18, 2004
- High Wind, March 8, 2017
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, September 27, 1998
- Hail, June 16, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2021
- Hail, August 20, 1970
- Hail, June 16, 2008
- Hail, July 16, 2008
- Hail, July 18, 1997
- Hail, July 30, 1996
- Hail, July 28, 1995
- Hail, July 25, 1994
- Hail, August 1, 1983
- Hail, June 6, 1975
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2020
- Hail, August 16, 2019
- Hail, July 3, 1999
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 9, 2026
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 9, 2026
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2025
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 19, 2025
- High Wind, December 29, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2024
- Flood, January 26, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2024
- High Wind, January 9, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2023
- Hail, August 10, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2023
- Frost/Freeze, May 17, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 16, 2023
- Lakeshore Flood, March 25, 2023
- High Wind, February 15, 2023
- High Wind, February 9, 2023
- Blizzard, December 23, 2022
- High Wind, December 2, 2022
- Lake-Effect Snow, November 16, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2022
- Hail, June 16, 2022
- High Wind, March 6, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Lakeshore Flood, December 11, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2021
- Lakeshore Flood, March 26, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2021
- Lakeshore Flood, November 15, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 13, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 12, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 10, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 9, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 8, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 5, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood, April 13, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 20, 2020
- Blizzard, February 26, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood, January 12, 2020
- Lakeshore Flood, November 27, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 11, 2019
- Flood, November 1, 2019
- Lakeshore Flood, October 31, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 1, 2019
- Hail, August 16, 2019
- Hail, August 8, 2019
- Flood, August 1, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2019
- Flood, July 1, 2019
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Flood, May 25, 2019
- Flood, May 17, 2019
- High Wind, March 10, 2019
- Flash Flood, February 24, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2019
- Blizzard, January 28, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2019
- High Wind, January 1, 2019
- High Wind, November 6, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, October 17, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 3, 2018
- High Wind, May 4, 2018
- Ice Storm, April 14, 2018
- High Wind, April 4, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2018
- Flood, November 5, 2017
- Coastal Flood, November 1, 2017
- High Wind, October 30, 2017
- Coastal Flood, October 1, 2017
- Coastal Flood, September 1, 2017
- Coastal Flood, August 1, 2017
- Tornado, July 20, 2017
- Coastal Flood, July 1, 2017
- Hail, June 24, 2017
- Coastal Flood, June 1, 2017
- Coastal Flood, May 2, 2017
- Flood, May 1, 2017
- Flood, April 20, 2017
- High Wind, April 4, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2017
- High Wind, March 8, 2017
- High Wind, March 1, 2017
- High Wind, January 11, 2017
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Drought, October 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 10, 2016
- Drought, September 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2016
- Drought, August 1, 2016
- Drought, July 21, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2016
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 12, 2016
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 10, 2016
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 12, 2016
- High Wind, January 10, 2016
- Seiche, November 12, 2015
- High Wind, November 12, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2015
- High Wind, April 10, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 8, 2015
- High Wind, January 4, 2015
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2014
- High Wind, November 24, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2014
- Hail, June 17, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 9, 2014
- Blizzard, March 12, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 4, 2014
- Flash Flood, January 7, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 1, 2014
- Flood, December 21, 2013
- Ice Storm, December 21, 2013
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2013
- High Wind, November 18, 2013
- High Wind, November 1, 2013
- Frost/Freeze, October 28, 2013
- Frost/Freeze, October 23, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 19, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2013
- Flood, June 28, 2013
- Frost/Freeze, May 13, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2013
- Lake-Effect Snow, February 1, 2013
- High Wind, January 31, 2013
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 21, 2013
- High Wind, January 20, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2012
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, October 12, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 29, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 27, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 17, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 12, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 4, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 2, 2012
- High Wind, March 3, 2012
- High Wind, February 24, 2012
- High Wind, January 17, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, October 27, 2011
- High Wind, October 15, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 4, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2011
- Hail, August 18, 2011
- High Wind, April 28, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2011
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 12, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 26, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2010
- High Wind, May 8, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 7, 2010
- Flood, March 14, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2010
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 26, 2010
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 1, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, October 11, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 28, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2009
- Hail, July 25, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2009
- Flood, March 7, 2009
- High Wind, February 12, 2009
- Heavy Snow, January 27, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 30, 2008
- High Wind, December 28, 2008
- High Wind, December 24, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 26, 2008
- Frost/Freeze, October 19, 2008
- Lightning, October 1, 2008
- High Wind, September 14, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2008
- Hail, July 16, 2008
- Hail, June 29, 2008
- Hail, June 16, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2008
- Hail, May 31, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2008
- Flash Flood, January 30, 2008
- High Wind, January 30, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 9, 2008
- High Wind, January 9, 2008
- High Wind, December 23, 2007
- Heavy Snow, December 15, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 11, 2007
- Hail, August 3, 2007
- Hail, June 19, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2007
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2007
- Flood, March 14, 2007
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 1, 2006
- High Wind, October 29, 2006
- Lake-Effect Snow, October 12, 2006
- Hail, July 29, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2006
- Hail, July 23, 2006
- Tornado, June 30, 2006
- Hail, April 13, 2006
- High Wind, February 17, 2006
- High Wind, November 6, 2005
- Hail, November 6, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 29, 2005
- Tornado, August 1, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2005
- Heavy Snow, April 3, 2005
- Flood, April 2, 2005
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2005
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2005
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2005
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.