New York

Storm History: Steuben County, New York

459 episodes, 880 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Steuben 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
880
Deaths
2
Injuries
12
Damage
$141 million
Episodes
459

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
Thunderstorm Wind22204$1.6 million
Flash Flood21511$135 million
Hail20901$579,000
Tornado10212$2.0 million
Heavy Snow3900$453,000
Winter Storm1801
High Wind1700$536,000
Cold/Wind Chill1100$20,000
Flood1000$230,000
Drought700
Ice Storm700$510,000
Lightning501$82,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400$5,000
Winter Weather300$20,000
Heat300
Strong Wind302$60,000
Heavy Rain200$2,000
Blizzard200
Excessive Heat100

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 Steuben County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Steuben CountyEvery warning in Steuben 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.