New York

Storm History: Schoharie County, New York

579 episodes, 757 events since 1962

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Schoharie 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
757
Deaths
2
Injuries
25
Damage
$43 million
Episodes
579

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.

Open the live radar over Schoharie County

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
Winter Storm11200$648,000
Hail9700$1.4 million
Flash Flood9100$2.4 million
Thunderstorm Wind8700$80,000
Flood5720$13 million
Winter Weather4800$1,000
Tornado45025$26 million
Heavy Snow3300$10,000
High Wind2900$88,000
Heat2700
Cold/Wind Chill2300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2300
Strong Wind2300$32,000
Frost/Freeze2000
Excessive Heat1200
Lake-Effect Snow900
Ice Storm800
Tropical Storm500
Blizzard300$2,000
Avalanche200$50,000
Drought100
Wildfire100
Storm Surge/Tide100

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 Schoharie County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Schoharie CountyEvery warning in Schoharie 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.