New York

Storm History: Suffolk County, New York

702 episodes, 1,887 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Suffolk 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
1,887
Deaths
63
Injuries
322
Damage
$201 million
Episodes
702

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
Flash Flood27101$60 million
High Wind25583$10 million
Hail247026$668,000
Thunderstorm Wind19805$450,000
Heavy Snow18320
Coastal Flood12220$88 million
Strong Wind11411$3.4 million
Tornado11115$5.1 million
Blizzard70113$32 million
Winter Storm5410
Flood4100$180,000
Winter Weather384267$7,000
Drought3200
Heavy Rain2100
Heat1921
Excessive Heat1900
High Surf1730
Rip Current16183
Tropical Storm1440$23,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1200
Lightning1113$902,000
Storm Surge/Tide900$16,000
Cold/Wind Chill630
Dust Devil311
Ice Storm200
Dense Fog111
Wildfire102

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 Suffolk County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Suffolk CountyEvery warning in Suffolk 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.