New York

Storm History: Saratoga County, New York

902 episodes, 2,007 events since 1960

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Saratoga 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
2,007
Deaths
2
Injuries
126
Damage
$87 million
Episodes
902

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
Hail38609$6.6 million
Thunderstorm Wind29603$689,000
Flash Flood25111$3.4 million
Winter Storm20900$778,000
Tornado138172$61 million
Winter Weather113037$11,000
Heat10100$25,000
Flood9100$11 million
High Wind7401$439,000
Heavy Snow6800$50,000
Strong Wind5302$96,000
Frost/Freeze5100$1.8 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill4500
Excessive Heat3600$15,000
Cold/Wind Chill2900
Ice Storm2000
Lake-Effect Snow1300
Lightning901$168,000
Blizzard700
Tropical Storm700
Drought400
Storm Surge/Tide400
Wildfire200

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 Saratoga County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Saratoga CountyEvery warning in Saratoga 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.