Storm History: Richmond County, New York
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Richmond 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
- 353
- Deaths
- 30
- Injuries
- 6
- Damage
- $68 million
- Episodes
- 290
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | 65 | 0 | 0 | $60 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 53 | 0 | 0 | $133,000 |
| Hail | 36 | 0 | 0 | $87,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 33 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 27 | 2 | 1 | $1.2 million |
| Tornado | 24 | 0 | 5 | $2.2 million |
| Flood | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 13 | 23 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 13 | 0 | 0 | $323,000 |
| Blizzard | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | $3.8 million |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- Tornado, September 16, 2010
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Tornado, October 28, 1995
- High Wind, March 13, 2010
- Strong Wind, March 2, 2017
- Hail, June 25, 2012
- Strong Wind, November 1, 2013
- High Wind, March 2, 2018
- Strong Wind, October 16, 2019
- Strong Wind, November 1, 2019
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2025
- Hail, June 29, 2019
- High Wind, April 3, 2016
- Strong Wind, April 15, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2019
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 episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2026
- Blizzard, February 22, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2026
- Heavy Snow, December 26, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2025
- High Wind, October 30, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 6, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2025
- Hail, July 3, 2025
- High Wind, February 16, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2024
- High Wind, March 11, 2024
- High Wind, February 28, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2024
- Coastal Flood, January 13, 2024
- Coastal Flood, January 10, 2024
- High Wind, December 18, 2023
- Hail, September 8, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 7, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 25, 2022
- Blizzard, January 28, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2022
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 27, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2021
- Hail, June 4, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 28, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 18, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 9, 2020
- Strong Wind, November 1, 2019
- Strong Wind, October 16, 2019
- Tornado, September 2, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2019
- Hail, June 29, 2019
- Hail, May 28, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2019
- Strong Wind, April 15, 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 30, 2019
- Strong Wind, January 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 28, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2018
- Flash Flood, April 16, 2018
- Heavy Snow, April 2, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2018
- High Wind, March 2, 2018
- Blizzard, January 4, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 9, 2017
- Flood, October 29, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 5, 2017
- Strong Wind, March 22, 2017
- Strong Wind, March 2, 2017
- Blizzard, February 9, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2017
- High Wind, April 3, 2016
- Blizzard, January 22, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2015
- Strong Wind, April 4, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2015
- Blizzard, January 26, 2015
- Flood, January 18, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2014
- Dense Fog, December 5, 2013
- Strong Wind, November 1, 2013
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2013
- Excessive Heat, July 7, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 7, 2013
- Blizzard, February 8, 2013
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Coastal Flood, October 28, 2012
- Tornado, September 8, 2012
- Hail, July 26, 2012
- Hail, June 25, 2012
- Hail, June 22, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2012
- Hail, June 6, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 6, 2012
- Winter Storm, October 29, 2011
- Tornado, August 28, 2011
- Storm Surge/Tide, August 28, 2011
- Flood, August 27, 2011
- Hail, August 18, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 14, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2011
- Coastal Flood, April 16, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2011
- Blizzard, December 26, 2010
- Hail, September 22, 2010
- Tornado, September 16, 2010
- Excessive Heat, July 4, 2010
- High Wind, March 13, 2010
- Coastal Flood, March 12, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2010
- Blizzard, December 19, 2009
- Flood, October 24, 2009
- Strong Wind, October 7, 2009
- Tornado, July 29, 2009
- Hail, March 29, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2009
- High Wind, February 12, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 6, 2008
- Tropical Storm, September 6, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2008
- Hail, July 27, 2008
- Hail, June 29, 2008
- Tornado, June 16, 2008
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2008
- Tornado, August 8, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 2007
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Coastal Flood, April 15, 2007
- Flash Flood, November 8, 2006
- High Wind, October 20, 2006
- Heavy Rain, September 2, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2006
- Heat, August 1, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2006
- Lightning, July 27, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 29, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2006
- Lightning, June 1, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2006
- High Wind, February 17, 2006
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2006
- High Wind, January 18, 2006
- Strong Wind, October 25, 2005
- Strong Wind, October 16, 2005
- Flood, October 12, 2005
- Flash Flood, October 8, 2005
- Hail, June 22, 2005
- Flood, April 2, 2005
- Flood, March 28, 2005
- High Wind, March 8, 2005
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2005
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2005
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2005
- Flash Flood, September 28, 2004
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2004
- Heavy Snow, January 15, 2004
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2004
- Blizzard, December 5, 2003
- High Wind, November 13, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 27, 2003
- Tornado, October 27, 2003
- Tropical Storm, September 18, 2003
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2003
- Heavy Snow, April 7, 2003
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2003
- Heavy Snow, December 5, 2002
- Heavy Rain, October 11, 2002
- Drought, October 1, 2002
- Heavy Rain, September 26, 2002
- High Wind, September 11, 2002
- Drought, September 1, 2002
- Hail, August 2, 2002
- Drought, August 1, 2002
- Heat, July 29, 2002
- Heat, July 2, 2002
- Drought, July 1, 2002
- Drought, June 1, 2002
- Drought, May 1, 2002
- Hail, April 19, 2002
- Drought, April 1, 2002
- Drought, January 1, 2002
- Heat, August 8, 2001
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2001
- Flood, March 30, 2001
- High Wind, March 21, 2001
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2001
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2001
- Winter Storm, December 30, 2000
- High Wind, December 12, 2000
- Flash Flood, August 27, 2000
- Heavy Rain, July 26, 2000
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2000
- Hail, May 18, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2000
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 17, 2000
- Flash Flood, September 16, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 1999
- Hail, August 11, 1999
- Hail, August 5, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 1999
- Heat, July 4, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 18, 1999
- Flash Flood, January 15, 1999
- Flash Flood, January 3, 1999
- Tornado, September 7, 1998
- Flash Flood, August 17, 1998
- Tornado, June 30, 1998
- Heavy Rain, June 12, 1998
- Flash Flood, June 12, 1998
- Heavy Rain, May 9, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 9, 1998
- Flood, March 8, 1998
- Coastal Flood, February 5, 1998
- Flood, January 23, 1998
- Heavy Rain, November 7, 1997
- Flash Flood, November 2, 1997
- Strong Wind, November 1, 1997
- Heavy Rain, August 20, 1997
- Hail, August 5, 1997
- Heavy Rain, July 24, 1997
- Hail, July 18, 1997
- Flash Flood, July 9, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 6, 1997
- Coastal Flood, March 31, 1997
- High Wind, March 6, 1997
- Coastal Flood, December 13, 1996
- Coastal Flood, December 7, 1996
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Richmond CountyEvery warning in Richmond 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.