New York

Storm History: Washington County, New York

702 episodes, 1,530 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Washington 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
1,530
Deaths
0
Injuries
8
Damage
$47 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
Hail22900$4.4 million
Flash Flood20600$39 million
Winter Storm16400$112,000
Thunderstorm Wind14802$370,000
Tornado12605$1.1 million
Heat11400
Flood10400$1.9 million
Winter Weather9500$1,000
Heavy Snow6800$10,000
Frost/Freeze5400
High Wind5100$121,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill4600
Strong Wind2800$54,000
Cold/Wind Chill2600
Excessive Heat2000
Ice Storm1800
Tropical Storm800
Drought700
Lake-Effect Snow600
Blizzard500$10,000
Lightning401$206,000
Wildfire200$95,000
Storm Surge/Tide100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Washington County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Washington CountyEvery warning in Washington 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.