Storm History: Orange County, New York
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Orange 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
- 972
- Deaths
- 23
- Injuries
- 69
- Damage
- $73 million
- Episodes
- 571
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 | 239 | 2 | 6 | $2.6 million |
| Hail | 199 | 0 | 5 | $1.2 million |
| Flash Flood | 169 | 2 | 3 | $16 million |
| Tornado | 91 | 14 | 39 | $28 million |
| Heavy Snow | 56 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 34 | 1 | 1 | |
| Flood | 31 | 1 | 0 | $23 million |
| High Wind | 27 | 1 | 1 | $650,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 10 | 0 | 8 | |
| Drought | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 9 | 1 | 2 | $68,000 |
| Lightning | 8 | 0 | 4 | $70,000 |
| Heat | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $4,000 |
| Coastal Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
- Tornado, November 16, 1989
- Tornado, June 29, 1990
- Tornado, May 15, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 1995
- Strong Wind, October 1, 1998
- High Wind, November 13, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2006
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2010
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2011
- Flood, August 27, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 7, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2023
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, November 16, 1989
- Flood, April 2, 2005
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Flood, September 8, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2004
- Tornado, July 14, 1988
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2013
- Flash Flood, September 16, 1999
- Hail, June 9, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 2, 2000
- Tornado, May 15, 2018
- Tornado, July 29, 1971
- Tornado, June 29, 1990
- Flash Flood, May 31, 1998
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- High Wind, February 16, 2016
- High Wind, February 19, 2011
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Hail, June 24, 2010
- Tornado, July 29, 2009
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, May 30, 1991
- Hail, June 20, 1995
- Hail, July 21, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2004
- Hail, July 19, 1987
- Hail, June 24, 1985
- Hail, June 28, 2020
- Hail, August 2, 2017
- Hail, June 23, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2014
- Hail, September 6, 2014
- Hail, June 9, 2011
- Hail, June 24, 2010
- Hail, August 11, 2008
- Hail, August 3, 2007
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2026
- Blizzard, February 22, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2026
- Heavy Snow, December 26, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2025
- Hail, July 3, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2025
- High Wind, February 16, 2025
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 20, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2024
- Winter Weather, November 22, 2024
- High Wind, August 9, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2024
- Hail, May 23, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2024
- Flash Flood, December 18, 2023
- High Wind, December 18, 2023
- Hail, September 8, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 8, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 7, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2023
- Hail, August 4, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2023
- Hail, July 3, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 13, 2023
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2023
- High Wind, February 3, 2023
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 14, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 12, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 9, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 7, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 25, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2022
- Blizzard, January 28, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2022
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2021
- Hail, July 2, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2021
- Lightning, June 7, 2021
- High Wind, March 26, 2021
- High Wind, March 14, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 18, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2021
- High Wind, December 25, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2020
- Tornado, August 27, 2020
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2020
- Hail, July 1, 2020
- Hail, June 28, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2020
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Strong Wind, January 16, 2020
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2019
- Hail, July 30, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 2019
- Heavy Snow, March 3, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2019
- High Wind, February 25, 2019
- Strong Wind, January 30, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 6, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2018
- Tornado, May 15, 2018
- Heavy Snow, April 2, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 12, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2018
- Blizzard, January 4, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 9, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2017
- Hail, August 2, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2017
- Hail, June 19, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2017
- Hail, June 13, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2017
- Blizzard, March 14, 2017
- Strong Wind, March 2, 2017
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2017
- Blizzard, February 9, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2016
- Excessive Heat, August 13, 2016
- Excessive Heat, August 12, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 24, 2016
- High Wind, February 16, 2016
- Blizzard, January 22, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2015
- Hail, June 23, 2015
- Strong Wind, April 4, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 15, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2015
- Flood, January 18, 2015
- Heavy Snow, November 26, 2014
- Hail, September 6, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2014
- Hail, June 3, 2014
- Lightning, May 22, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 18, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 1, 2013
- High Wind, November 1, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 7, 2013
- Excessive Heat, September 11, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2013
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2013
- Hail, July 7, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2013
- Hail, June 18, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 18, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 7, 2013
- Blizzard, February 8, 2013
- Heavy Snow, December 26, 2012
- Winter Weather, December 7, 2012
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 18, 2012
- Tornado, September 8, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 4, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2012
- Hail, July 28, 2012
- Hail, July 26, 2012
- Hail, July 18, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2012
- Hail, May 26, 2012
- Flood, December 7, 2011
- Winter Storm, October 29, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 28, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 14, 2011
- Flood, September 8, 2011
- Flood, August 27, 2011
- Hail, August 19, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2011
- Tornado, July 29, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2011
- Hail, July 8, 2011
- Hail, June 9, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 28, 2011
- Flood, March 11, 2011
- Flood, March 6, 2011
- High Wind, February 19, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2011
- Blizzard, December 26, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 17, 2010
- Hail, September 22, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2010
- Hail, July 21, 2010
- Hail, July 19, 2010
- Hail, June 24, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2010
- Lightning, May 31, 2010
- Hail, May 27, 2010
- Flood, March 13, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2010
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 9, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 3, 2009
- Strong Wind, November 27, 2009
- Strong Wind, October 7, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2009
- Tornado, July 29, 2009
- Hail, July 27, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2009
- Hail, July 17, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2009
- Hail, June 15, 2009
- Lightning, June 9, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2009
- High Wind, February 12, 2009
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Orange CountyEvery warning in Orange 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.