Storm History: Washington County, New York
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 229 | 0 | 0 | $4.4 million |
| Flash Flood | 206 | 0 | 0 | $39 million |
| Winter Storm | 164 | 0 | 0 | $112,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 148 | 0 | 2 | $370,000 |
| Tornado | 126 | 0 | 5 | $1.1 million |
| Heat | 114 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 104 | 0 | 0 | $1.9 million |
| Winter Weather | 95 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 68 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 54 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 51 | 0 | 0 | $121,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 46 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 28 | 0 | 0 | $54,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lake-Effect Snow | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 5 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Lightning | 4 | 0 | 1 | $206,000 |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0 | 0 | $95,000 |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, August 24, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2005
- Flood, January 19, 1996
- Hail, May 24, 2004
- Flash Flood, December 17, 2000
- Hail, May 24, 2004
- Hail, July 26, 1994
- Hail, May 11, 1993
- Tornado, August 21, 1994
- Tornado, June 11, 1976
- Flash Flood, January 8, 1998
- Hail, September 27, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 1999
- Hail, July 9, 2001
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2021
- Flood, April 27, 2011
- Flood, February 26, 2000
- Lightning, June 11, 2001
- Lightning, August 9, 2001
- Wildfire, April 16, 2001
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 episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2026
- Heat, June 11, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2026
- High Wind, March 16, 2026
- Blizzard, February 22, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 28, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2026
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 29, 2025
- Ice Storm, December 28, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2025
- High Wind, December 18, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 2, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2025
- Strong Wind, October 31, 2025
- Drought, October 1, 2025
- Drought, October 1, 2025
- Drought, September 23, 2025
- Heat, July 28, 2025
- Heat, July 24, 2025
- Heat, July 16, 2025
- Hail, July 10, 2025
- Heat, July 6, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 22, 2025
- Hail, May 17, 2025
- Ice Storm, March 29, 2025
- High Wind, March 6, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2025
- Strong Wind, February 13, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2025
- Strong Wind, February 7, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 4, 2024
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2024
- Hail, August 15, 2024
- Tornado, August 9, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2024
- Heat, August 2, 2024
- Heat, July 30, 2024
- Tornado, July 16, 2024
- Heat, July 15, 2024
- Heat, July 9, 2024
- Heat, June 23, 2024
- Heat, June 20, 2024
- Heat, June 19, 2024
- Heat, June 18, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2024
- Flood, May 21, 2024
- Winter Storm, April 3, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 22, 2024
- Flood, March 9, 2024
- High Wind, February 28, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2024
- Lake-Effect Snow, January 14, 2024
- High Wind, January 12, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2024
- Flood, December 18, 2023
- Winter Weather, November 21, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 7, 2023
- Heat, September 5, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2023
- Heat, July 6, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2023
- Frost/Freeze, May 18, 2023
- Frost/Freeze, May 15, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2023
- Flood, December 22, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 11, 2022
- Strong Wind, November 30, 2022
- Winter Weather, November 15, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 26, 2022
- Flash Flood, September 19, 2022
- Flood, September 13, 2022
- Flood, August 30, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2022
- Heat, August 4, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2022
- Hail, July 21, 2022
- Heat, July 20, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2022
- Winter Storm, April 18, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 9, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2022
- Ice Storm, February 3, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 9, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 24, 2021
- Winter Weather, December 21, 2021
- Winter Weather, December 18, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 11, 2021
- Strong Wind, December 6, 2021
- Hail, September 18, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 8, 2021
- Heat, August 26, 2021
- Heat, August 21, 2021
- Excessive Heat, August 11, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2021
- Flood, July 20, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2021
- Hail, June 30, 2021
- Hail, June 29, 2021
- Heat, June 27, 2021
- Heat, June 21, 2021
- Heat, June 7, 2021
- Hail, May 26, 2021
- High Wind, April 30, 2021
- High Wind, March 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 26, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 16, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 24, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2020
- Tornado, August 10, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2020
- Heat, July 27, 2020
- Heat, July 19, 2020
- Heat, July 11, 2020
- Heat, July 9, 2020
- Hail, July 8, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2020
- Tornado, May 29, 2020
- Tornado, May 15, 2020
- Winter Weather, May 8, 2020
- Winter Weather, April 26, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 13, 2020
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2020
- Strong Wind, January 12, 2020
- Ice Storm, December 29, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2019
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 11, 2019
- Flash Flood, November 1, 2019
- Flash Flood, October 31, 2019
- Flood, October 16, 2019
- Frost/Freeze, October 4, 2019
- Tornado, August 21, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 17, 2019
- Heat, July 30, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2019
- Flood, May 19, 2019
- Flood, April 21, 2019
- Flood, April 15, 2019
- Strong Wind, April 3, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 27, 2019
- Blizzard, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2019
- Flood, February 8, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2019
- Flood, January 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2019
- High Wind, January 1, 2019
- Strong Wind, December 17, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Strong Wind, November 9, 2018
- Strong Wind, November 3, 2018
- Heat, September 3, 2018
- Heat, August 28, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2018
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2018
- Heat, June 30, 2018
- Heat, June 18, 2018
- Flood, May 6, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2018
- High Wind, April 15, 2018
- High Wind, April 4, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 4, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 27, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2018
- Flash Flood, January 12, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 31, 2017
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 27, 2017
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2017
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2017
- Heavy Snow, December 12, 2017
- Strong Wind, November 10, 2017
- Flash Flood, October 29, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2017
- Hail, June 27, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2017
- Hail, May 18, 2017
- High Wind, May 5, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 1, 2017
- High Wind, April 16, 2017
- Blizzard, March 14, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 8, 2017
- High Wind, March 1, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2017
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2017
- High Wind, January 10, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2016
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 15, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 11, 2016
- Heavy Snow, November 20, 2016
- Winter Weather, October 27, 2016
- Strong Wind, October 22, 2016
- Excessive Heat, August 13, 2016
- Excessive Heat, August 12, 2016
- Hail, July 23, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 7, 2016
- Strong Wind, March 1, 2016
- Strong Wind, February 29, 2016
- Flood, February 24, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2016
- High Wind, January 10, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2015
- Hail, August 3, 2015
- Hail, July 24, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 19, 2015
- Tornado, June 9, 2015
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.