Storm History: Suffolk County, New York
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | 271 | 0 | 1 | $60 million |
| High Wind | 255 | 8 | 3 | $10 million |
| Hail | 247 | 0 | 26 | $668,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 198 | 0 | 5 | $450,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 183 | 2 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 122 | 2 | 0 | $88 million |
| Strong Wind | 114 | 1 | 1 | $3.4 million |
| Tornado | 111 | 1 | 5 | $5.1 million |
| Blizzard | 70 | 11 | 3 | $32 million |
| Winter Storm | 54 | 1 | 0 | |
| Flood | 41 | 0 | 0 | $180,000 |
| Winter Weather | 38 | 4 | 267 | $7,000 |
| Drought | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 19 | 2 | 1 | |
| Excessive Heat | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Surf | 17 | 3 | 0 | |
| Rip Current | 16 | 18 | 3 | |
| Tropical Storm | 14 | 4 | 0 | $23,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 11 | 1 | 3 | $902,000 |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 9 | 0 | 0 | $16,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| Dust Devil | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 2 |
The deadliest
- Blizzard, February 8, 2013
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- High Surf, May 18, 2003
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2005
- Blizzard, February 22, 2026
- Rip Current, August 10, 2002
- Rip Current, June 6, 2010
- Coastal Flood, October 28, 2012
- High Wind, March 13, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 7, 2009
- Lightning, August 18, 2018
- High Wind, October 19, 1996
- Winter Weather, December 31, 1996
- Winter Weather, January 22, 1997
- Dense Fog, March 1, 1997
- Strong Wind, May 16, 1997
- Tornado, September 7, 1998
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2000
- Rip Current, April 28, 2002
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2014
- Blizzard, February 8, 2013
- Coastal Flood, March 12, 2010
- Coastal Flood, April 15, 2007
- Coastal Flood, November 13, 2009
- Flash Flood, October 14, 2005
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2024
- Coastal Flood, December 16, 2007
- Coastal Flood, October 30, 2017
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Tornado, November 13, 2021
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Tornado, August 8, 1999
- Lightning, April 3, 2009
- Coastal Flood, February 5, 1998
- High Wind, October 29, 2017
- Tornado, August 10, 2016
- Tornado, July 23, 1995
- High Wind, November 7, 2012
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, August 1, 2011
- Hail, May 30, 1991
- Hail, June 20, 1995
- Hail, July 21, 2010
- Hail, August 15, 2008
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2004
- Hail, June 24, 1985
- Hail, May 28, 2019
- Hail, June 23, 2015
- Hail, August 4, 2015
- Hail, June 9, 2011
- Hail, June 24, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2009
- Hail, August 11, 2008
- Hail, June 30, 2003
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2026
- High Wind, February 23, 2026
- Blizzard, February 22, 2026
- High Wind, February 7, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2026
- Heavy Snow, December 26, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2025
- High Wind, November 16, 2025
- High Wind, November 11, 2025
- High Wind, November 6, 2025
- High Wind, October 31, 2025
- Strong Wind, October 13, 2025
- Rip Current, August 23, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2025
- Hail, July 3, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 22, 2025
- High Wind, February 16, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 31, 2024
- High Wind, December 11, 2024
- Hail, August 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2024
- Rip Current, August 11, 2024
- High Wind, August 9, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2024
- High Wind, April 3, 2024
- High Wind, March 23, 2024
- High Wind, March 11, 2024
- High Wind, February 28, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2024
- High Wind, January 14, 2024
- Coastal Flood, January 13, 2024
- High Wind, January 13, 2024
- Coastal Flood, January 10, 2024
- High Wind, January 9, 2024
- High Wind, December 18, 2023
- Coastal Flood, December 18, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 29, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2023
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2023
- High Wind, February 3, 2023
- High Wind, December 23, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 23, 2022
- High Wind, November 30, 2022
- Tornado, September 25, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2022
- Hail, July 25, 2022
- Hail, July 21, 2022
- Rip Current, July 19, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2022
- Hail, July 14, 2022
- High Wind, March 12, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 25, 2022
- High Wind, February 19, 2022
- High Wind, February 18, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 18, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2022
- Blizzard, January 28, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 17, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 6, 2021
- Tornado, November 13, 2021
- High Wind, November 12, 2021
- High Wind, October 29, 2021
- High Wind, October 27, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 27, 2021
- Tropical Storm, August 22, 2021
- Tropical Storm, July 9, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2021
- High Wind, April 30, 2021
- High Wind, March 29, 2021
- High Wind, March 26, 2021
- High Wind, March 14, 2021
- High Wind, March 13, 2021
- High Wind, March 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 18, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- High Wind, January 29, 2021
- High Wind, December 25, 2020
- High Wind, December 16, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- High Wind, November 30, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2020
- High Wind, November 2, 2020
- High Wind, September 30, 2020
- Flash Flood, September 10, 2020
- Tornado, August 27, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2020
- Rip Current, August 18, 2020
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2020
- Hail, July 1, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2020
- Strong Wind, April 30, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 21, 2020
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 9, 2020
- Strong Wind, February 27, 2020
- High Wind, February 7, 2020
- High Wind, January 16, 2020
- Strong Wind, January 16, 2020
- Strong Wind, January 12, 2020
- Strong Wind, January 8, 2020
- Strong Wind, December 30, 2019
- Strong Wind, November 1, 2019
- Coastal Flood, November 1, 2019
- High Wind, November 1, 2019
- Strong Wind, October 31, 2019
- High Wind, October 16, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 16, 2019
- Coastal Flood, October 16, 2019
- Strong Wind, October 16, 2019
- Coastal Flood, October 10, 2019
- Tornado, September 2, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2019
- Hail, July 30, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2019
- Hail, June 30, 2019
- Hail, June 29, 2019
- Hail, June 2, 2019
- Hail, May 28, 2019
- Heavy Snow, March 3, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2019
- High Wind, February 25, 2019
- Strong Wind, January 30, 2019
- High Wind, January 30, 2019
- Strong Wind, January 24, 2019
- High Wind, January 24, 2019
- High Wind, January 21, 2019
- Strong Wind, January 21, 2019
- Flash Flood, December 21, 2018
- High Wind, December 21, 2018
- Strong Wind, December 21, 2018
- Strong Wind, November 26, 2018
- Strong Wind, November 25, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Strong Wind, November 15, 2018
- Strong Wind, November 3, 2018
- High Wind, November 3, 2018
- Tornado, October 29, 2018
- High Wind, October 27, 2018
- Tornado, October 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 25, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 12, 2018
- Heat, August 28, 2018
- Lightning, August 18, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2018
- Tornado, May 15, 2018
- Strong Wind, April 16, 2018
- High Surf, April 15, 2018
- Strong Wind, April 4, 2018
- Heavy Snow, April 2, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 12, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2018
- High Wind, March 2, 2018
- Coastal Flood, March 2, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 29, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 27, 2018
- Blizzard, January 4, 2018
- Strong Wind, December 25, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 9, 2017
- Strong Wind, November 19, 2017
- Coastal Flood, October 30, 2017
- High Wind, October 29, 2017
- Flash Flood, October 24, 2017
- Strong Wind, October 24, 2017
- High Surf, September 19, 2017
- Rip Current, September 16, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 6, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2017
- Rip Current, July 30, 2017
- Strong Wind, May 2, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 6, 2017
- Strong Wind, March 22, 2017
- High Wind, March 14, 2017
- Coastal Flood, March 14, 2017
- Strong Wind, March 3, 2017
- High Wind, March 2, 2017
- Strong Wind, March 2, 2017
- High Wind, February 13, 2017
- Blizzard, February 9, 2017
- Strong Wind, January 23, 2017
- Coastal Flood, January 23, 2017
- High Wind, January 23, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2016
- Strong Wind, December 15, 2016
- Strong Wind, November 21, 2016
- Strong Wind, November 20, 2016
- Strong Wind, November 11, 2016
- Strong Wind, October 22, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 19, 2016
- High Surf, September 3, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 20, 2016
- Excessive Heat, August 14, 2016
- Excessive Heat, August 13, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2016
- Tornado, August 10, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2016
- Rip Current, June 24, 2016
- High Wind, April 3, 2016
- Strong Wind, March 28, 2016
- High Wind, March 28, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 24, 2016
- High Wind, February 24, 2016
- Strong Wind, February 24, 2016
- High Wind, February 16, 2016
- Strong Wind, February 13, 2016
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2016
- Coastal Flood, February 8, 2016
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2016
- Coastal Flood, January 23, 2016
- Blizzard, January 22, 2016
- High Wind, January 10, 2016
- Coastal Flood, January 10, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 10, 2015
- Hail, August 4, 2015
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.