Tornado in New York
Every tornado event the National Weather Service has filed in New York, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
The most significant on the map
The most significant tornado episodes in New York.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 563
- Deaths
- 32
- Injuries
- 318
- Damage
- $489 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New York, November 16, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in New York, May 31, 1998During the morning hours of May 31, a strong low pressure system over the upper Great Lakes pushed a warm front across eastern New York and western New England. This set the stage for a major severe weather outbreak in eastern New York.
- Tornadoes and Hail in New York, May 2, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in New York, July 8 to 9, 2014A strong upper level system moving across the region led to the development of numerous severe thunderstorms across central New York during the afternoon and evening hours of July 8th.
- Tornadoes and Hail in New York, July 10, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in New York, May 31, 1998An intensifying storm system moved across upstate New York and into southern Quebec early in the morning on the 31st. This system dragged a warm front northeastward across central New York. A southerly flow of warm, moist, and unstable air quickly developed.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New York, May 15, 2018An approaching cold front triggered numerous severe thunderstorms over southeastern New York. These storms produced 3 tornadoes in the Lower Hudson Valley, as well as microbursts and macroburts.
- Tornado and Hail in New York, October 14, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in New York, June 16, 2002Thunderstorms developed along an occluded frontal bounday by midday June 16. Their intensity was aided by a large cold pocket of air aloft combined with the strong June midday sunshine. As the storms approached the Hudson Valley of eastern New York, some of them became severe.
- Tornado and Hail in New York, September 7, 1998An intense line of severe thunderstorms oriented from north to south developed during Labor Day afternoon ahead of a strong approaching cold front. As the storms moved east at 40 to 50 mph, they produced high winds, large hail, and an isolated tornado.
- Tornadoes and Hail in New York, June 29, 1990
- Tornadoes and Hail in New York, June 22, 2025A mesoscale convective system (MCS) dropped southward across Central NY from eastern Ontario, moving into an environment with plenty of moisture and instability during the early morning hours.
- Tornadoes and Hail in New York, May 31, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in New York, September 16, 2010A warm front in conjunction with strong upper level winds produced numerous severe thunderstorms, including tornadic cells, across the New York City Metropolitan Area.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New York, September 3, 1993A tornado touched down in a corn field in Batavia and moved northeast. The tornado tore the roof off a home and destroyed the attached garage. The roof was carried about 0.25 mile.
- Tornadoes and Hail in New York, June 16, 1986
- Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in New York, August 28, 2011As Hurricane Irene moved north along the Atlantic coast and interacted with land, it weakened and made its second landfall as a Tropical Storm near Little Egg Inlet along the southeast NJ Coast on August 28, 2011 around 5:35 am EDT.
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New York, June 24, 1960
- Tornadoes and Hail in New York, August 28, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New York, July 16, 2024An upper-level wave moved through the Great Lakes region and brought numerous storms to Central New York, making it one of the more active days in July. Strong instability and shear lead to a severe weather outbreak across the region. A few storms became tornadic.
- Tornado and Hail in New York, June 12, 1991
- Tornado and Hail in New York, July 14, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New York, August 15, 1986
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New York, June 20, 1969
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in New York, August 7 to 8, 2023A weak surface low tracked across western NY to the northeast of Lake Ontario from the afternoon to the late evening hours.
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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.