Storm History: Queens County, New York

Events

657

Deaths

55

Injuries

79

Damage

$89 million

Episodes

397

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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• Flash Flood, September 1, 202111 deaths · $60 million · 13 events here
• Coastal Flood, October 28, 20127 deaths · 2 events here
• High Wind, October 29, 20124 deaths · $2.0 million · 83 kt wind · 2 events here
• Rip Current, July 23, 20013 deaths · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 16, 20102 deaths · 1 injured · $17 million · EF1 · 16 events here
• Flood, June 3, 19962 deaths · 21 injured · 1 event here
• Hail, July 18, 19972 deaths · 16 injured · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 11, 20042 deaths · 2 injured · 1 in hail · 5 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 21, 20112 deaths · 2 events here
• Blizzard, January 22, 20162 deaths · 4 events here
• Rip Current, October 1, 20192 deaths · 1 injured · 1 event here
• Rip Current, June 17, 20222 deaths · 1 event here
• Rip Current, June 21, 20242 deaths · 1 event here
• Rip Current, August 24, 19981 death · 1 event here
• Rip Current, August 10, 20021 death · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 20, 20121 death · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 19, 20131 death · 2 events here
• Rip Current, August 15, 20151 death · 1 event here
• Heat, June 29, 20181 death · 1 event here
• Rip Current, September 15, 20181 death · 1 event here

• Flash Flood, September 1, 202111 deaths · $60 million · 13 events here
• Tornado, September 16, 20102 deaths · 1 injured · $17 million · EF1 · 16 events here
• Flash Flood, October 19, 1996$3.6 million · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 29, 20124 deaths · $2.0 million · 83 kt wind · 2 events here
• Dense Fog, December 24, 2014$2.0 million · 2 events here
• High Wind, March 2, 20181 injured · $600,000 · 73 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, January 3, 1999$500,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 19, 2011$200,000 · 54 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, February 16, 2016$200,000 · 58 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, April 3, 2016$200,000 · 59 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, February 13, 2017$200,000 · 63 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, April 13, 2020$150,000 · 59 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 24, 2010$102,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 18, 2009$100,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 7, 2012$100,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 23, 2017$100,000 · 60 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, February 25, 2019$100,000 · 60 kt wind · 2 events here
• Strong Wind, November 1, 2019$100,000 · 2 events here
• Tornado, September 8, 2012$70,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Strong Wind, February 24, 2016$70,000 · 2 events here

• Hail, August 1, 2011$4,000 · 3 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 24, 19852 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 23, 2015$23,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, September 6, 20141.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 24, 2010$102,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 11, 2008$8,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, August 21, 20041.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 29, 19941.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 4, 2021$6,000 · 1.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 15, 2012$3,000 · 1.5 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, June 19, 2017$1,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 18, 20121 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, September 22, 2010$2,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 26, 20091 injured · $18,000 · 1 in hail · 11 events here
• Hail, June 14, 2008$18,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here

• Tornado, July 10, 1989F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 27, 1970F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 21, 1976F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 7, 1998F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 8, 2007EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 15, 2018$30,000 · EF2 · 5 events here

Every tornado in Queens County, with its track

• Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2026$12,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2026$1,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2026$5,000 · 60 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2026$16,000 · 56 kt wind · 7 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 202663 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, February 23, 202673 kt wind · 2 events here
• Blizzard, February 22, 20262 events here
• High Wind, February 7, 202651 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 25, 20262 events here
• Winter Weather, January 18, 20261 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 26, 20252 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 13, 20252 events here
• Flash Flood, October 30, 20251 event here
• Strong Wind, October 13, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, August 13, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, July 31, 20256 events here
• Flash Flood, July 14, 20251 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025$3,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 16, 202554 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, February 8, 20252 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 19, 20252 events here
• High Wind, August 9, 202450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 6, 20241 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2024$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 20243 injured · $20,000 · 55 kt wind · 2 events here
• Rip Current, June 21, 20242 deaths · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 11, 202457 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 28, 202463 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 17, 20242 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 13, 20242 events here
• Coastal Flood, January 13, 20242 events here
• Coastal Flood, January 10, 20241 event here
• High Wind, January 9, 202459 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 18, 202358 kt wind · 2 events here
• Coastal Flood, December 18, 20231 event here
• Flash Flood, September 29, 20237 events here
• Rip Current, July 27, 20231 death · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 16, 20231 event here
• Flash Flood, April 30, 20232 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 27, 20232 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, December 23, 202253 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 30, 202257 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 13, 20224 events here
• Rip Current, June 17, 20222 deaths · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, February 13, 20222 events here
• Blizzard, January 28, 20222 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 7, 20222 events here
• Winter Weather, January 5, 20221 event here
• Tornado, November 13, 2021EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 1, 202111 deaths · $60 million · 13 events here
• Flash Flood, August 22, 20212 events here
• Flash Flood, August 21, 20211 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2021$3,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2021$4,000 · 61 kt wind · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, July 2, 20214 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2021$13,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 4, 2021$6,000 · 1.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Rip Current, May 22, 20211 death · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 30, 202157 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 21, 2021$3,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, March 14, 202156 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 13, 202153 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, March 1, 202162 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, February 18, 20212 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 7, 20212 events here
• Winter Storm, February 1, 20212 events here
• High Wind, January 29, 202158 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 25, 202066 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, December 16, 20202 events here
• High Wind, November 30, 202060 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2020$1,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2020$11,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tropical Storm, August 4, 20201 death · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 20202 injured · $11,000 · 61 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 10, 20202 events here
• Hail, June 29, 202061 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2020$2,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Rip Current, May 22, 20201 death · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, April 30, 2020$10,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 13, 2020$150,000 · 59 kt wind · 2 events here
• Strong Wind, February 27, 2020$50,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, February 7, 2020$10,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 7, 2020$50,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 16, 2020$10,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, January 16, 2020$50,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, January 8, 2020$50,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, November 1, 2019$1,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, November 1, 2019$100,000 · 2 events here
• Coastal Flood, October 27, 20192 events here
• High Wind, October 16, 2019$50,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Coastal Flood, October 16, 20191 event here
• Strong Wind, October 16, 2019$50,000 · 1 event here
• Rip Current, October 1, 20192 deaths · 1 injured · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2019$1,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Rip Current, July 30, 20191 death · 1 injured · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 23, 20191 event here
• Flash Flood, July 22, 20194 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 21, 20192 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 20, 20192 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 19, 20191 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2019$5,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 17, 20193 events here
• Flood, May 29, 20191 event here
• Strong Wind, April 15, 2019$20,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 2019$15,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 3, 20192 events here
• Winter Weather, March 2, 20192 events here
• High Wind, February 25, 2019$100,000 · 60 kt wind · 2 events here
• Strong Wind, January 30, 2019$50,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 30, 2019$50,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 30, 20192 events here
• Strong Wind, January 24, 2019$10,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, January 21, 2019$10,000 · 1 event here
• Coastal Flood, January 20, 20191 event here
• Strong Wind, January 10, 2019$10,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, December 21, 20181 event here
• Strong Wind, December 21, 2018$10,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, November 15, 20182 events here
• Strong Wind, October 27, 2018$10,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 28, 20181 event here
• Flash Flood, September 25, 20181 event here
• Rip Current, September 15, 20181 death · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 11, 20182 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 20183 injured · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 7, 20181 event here
• Tornado, August 2, 2018$12,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Heat, June 29, 20181 death · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 28, 20182 events here
• Tornado, May 15, 2018$30,000 · EF2 · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, April 16, 20181 event here
• Strong Wind, April 4, 2018$10,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 2, 20182 events here
• Winter Storm, March 21, 20182 events here
• Heavy Snow, March 12, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, March 7, 20182 events here
• High Wind, March 2, 20181 injured · $600,000 · 73 kt wind · 2 events here
• Coastal Flood, March 2, 20182 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 17, 20181 event here
• Storm Surge/Tide, January 30, 20181 event here
• Blizzard, January 4, 20184 events here
• Strong Wind, December 25, 2017$50,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 25, 2017$10,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, December 9, 20171 event here
• Strong Wind, November 19, 2017$1,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, November 10, 2017$50,000 · 1 event here
• Heat, August 22, 20171 event here
• Flash Flood, August 4, 20171 event here
• Heat, July 20, 20172 events here
• Hail, June 19, 2017$1,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, March 22, 2017$10,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 14, 20172 events here
• Strong Wind, March 2, 2017$60,000 · 2 events here
• High Wind, February 13, 2017$200,000 · 63 kt wind · 2 events here
• Blizzard, February 9, 20172 events here
• High Wind, January 23, 2017$100,000 · 60 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 7, 20172 events here
• Strong Wind, December 15, 2016$50,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, November 22, 2016$50,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, November 21, 2016$50,000 · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 14, 20161 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 13, 20162 events here
• Excessive Heat, August 12, 20161 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 11, 20162 events here
• Flash Flood, July 25, 20162 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2016$32,000 · 61 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2016$5,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 3, 2016$200,000 · 59 kt wind · 2 events here
• Strong Wind, March 28, 2016$10,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 24, 2016$10,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, February 24, 2016$70,000 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 16, 2016$500 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 16, 2016$200,000 · 58 kt wind · 2 events here
• Coastal Flood, February 8, 20162 events here
• Coastal Flood, January 23, 20161 event here
• Blizzard, January 22, 20162 deaths · 4 events here
• Coastal Flood, January 10, 20161 event here
• Dense Fog, December 23, 20154 events here
• Flash Flood, August 21, 20151 event here
• Rip Current, August 15, 20151 death · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2015$32,000 · 61 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, June 23, 2015$23,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 31, 20151 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 2015$2,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, April 4, 2015$20,000 · 2 events here
• Strong Wind, April 2, 2015$10,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, March 17, 2015$10,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 5, 20152 events here
• Strong Wind, February 15, 2015$20,000 · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 1, 20152 events here
• Strong Wind, January 30, 2015$20,000 · 2 events here
• Blizzard, January 26, 20152 events here
• Flood, January 18, 20151 event here
• Dense Fog, December 24, 2014$2.0 million · 2 events here
• Flood, December 9, 2014$20,000 · 2 events here
• Strong Wind, November 2, 2014$40,000 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, October 22, 2014$20,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, September 6, 20141.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 13, 20141 event here
• Flash Flood, May 16, 20142 events here
• Flash Flood, May 10, 20141 event here
• Flood, April 30, 20141 event here
• Lightning, March 30, 2014$5,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 13, 20142 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 3, 20142 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 21, 20142 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 2, 20142 events here
• Dense Fog, December 5, 20132 events here
• Flash Flood, September 2, 20131 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 19, 20131 death · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 9, 20131 event here
• Coastal Flood, March 7, 20131 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 7, 20132 events here
• Strong Wind, March 6, 2013$2,000 · 2 events here
• Coastal Flood, February 27, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, February 8, 20132 events here
• Flood, January 31, 2013$50,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, December 26, 201261 kt wind · 1 event here
• Coastal Flood, December 26, 20122 events here
• High Wind, December 21, 201253 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 7, 2012$100,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 7, 20121 event here
• High Wind, October 29, 20124 deaths · $2.0 million · 83 kt wind · 2 events here
• Coastal Flood, October 28, 20127 deaths · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 18, 2012$6,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 8, 20121 event here
• Tornado, September 8, 2012$70,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, August 15, 2012$3,000 · 1.5 in hail · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, August 15, 20123 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2012$2,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 1, 20122 events here
• Hail, July 18, 20121 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 18, 20121 event here
• Flash Flood, July 18, 20121 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 20, 20121 death · 1 event here
• Coastal Flood, June 4, 20122 events here
• Winter Storm, October 29, 20112 events here
• Coastal Flood, September 28, 20111 event here
• Tornado, August 28, 2011EF0 · 3 events here
• Storm Surge/Tide, August 28, 20112 events here
• Flood, August 27, 20114 events here
• Flash Flood, August 21, 20111 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2011$10,000 · 70 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 19, 20111 event here
• Flash Flood, August 14, 20111 event here
• Hail, August 1, 2011$4,000 · 3 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 1, 20111 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 21, 20112 deaths · 2 events here
• Coastal Flood, May 16, 20111 event here
• Coastal Flood, April 16, 20111 event here
• High Wind, February 19, 2011$200,000 · 54 kt wind · 2 events here

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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.