New York

Storm History: Ulster County, New York

876 episodes, 1,796 events since 1963

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Ulster 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
1,796
Deaths
6
Injuries
14
Damage
$67 million
Episodes
876

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 Wind30720$878,000
Hail21801$17 million
Flash Flood18915$9.5 million
Winter Storm18900$1.3 million
Flood14300$16 million
Tornado13204$4.1 million
Winter Weather9900
Heat8600$1,000
High Wind7300$378,000
Heavy Snow6600$160,000
Strong Wind5611$198,000
Excessive Heat4700
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill4500
Frost/Freeze3800$17 million
Cold/Wind Chill3100
Lightning1212$261,000
Tropical Storm1100
Ice Storm1000
Drought800
Storm Surge/Tide810
Blizzard700
Lake-Effect Snow700
Wildfire601$20,000
Heavy Rain400
Avalanche400$75,000

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 Ulster County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Ulster CountyEvery warning in Ulster 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.