Storm History: Westchester County, New York
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Westchester 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
- 1,141
- Deaths
- 25
- Injuries
- 32
- Damage
- $117 million
- Episodes
- 606
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 | 263 | 6 | 1 | $100 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 200 | 0 | 6 | $452,000 |
| Hail | 158 | 0 | 2 | $264,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 96 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 76 | 9 | 2 | $4.0 million |
| Tornado | 57 | 2 | 12 | $11 million |
| Flood | 55 | 1 | 1 | $65,000 |
| Winter Storm | 50 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 33 | 2 | 4 | $798,000 |
| Blizzard | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 25 | 0 | 2 | |
| Coastal Flood | 21 | 2 | 1 | |
| Drought | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 10 | 2 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 6 | 1 | 1 | $205,000 |
| Ice Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Tornado, June 12, 1991
- High Wind, October 19, 1996
- Heat, July 4, 1999
- High Wind, March 13, 2010
- Strong Wind, March 20, 2008
- Coastal Flood, December 6, 1996
- High Wind, March 6, 1997
- Coastal Flood, March 31, 1997
- Flash Flood, July 9, 1997
- Strong Wind, November 2, 1997
- Lightning, September 25, 1999
- High Wind, December 12, 2000
- Flood, August 27, 2011
- High Wind, April 3, 2024
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Tornado, July 12, 2006
- Flash Flood, September 16, 1999
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2009
- High Wind, March 2, 2018
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- High Wind, February 13, 2017
- Tornado, September 1, 1974
- Tornado, July 29, 2011
- Lightning, June 22, 2008
- High Wind, February 25, 2019
- High Wind, March 13, 2010
- Strong Wind, September 30, 2010
- High Wind, February 19, 2011
- Strong Wind, October 29, 2017
- Strong Wind, April 16, 2018
- Tornado, May 15, 2018
- Flood, August 20, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2011
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, July 21, 2010
- Hail, August 15, 2008
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2004
- Hail, June 24, 1985
- Hail, June 28, 2020
- Hail, August 2, 2017
- Hail, June 23, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2014
- Hail, June 9, 2011
- Hail, June 23, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2009
- Hail, August 11, 2008
- Hail, August 3, 2007
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2026
- High Wind, February 23, 2026
- Blizzard, February 22, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2026
- Heavy Snow, December 26, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2025
- High Wind, November 6, 2025
- Flash Flood, October 30, 2025
- High Wind, October 30, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 6, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2025
- Hail, July 3, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2025
- High Wind, February 16, 2025
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 20, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2024
- High Wind, August 9, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2024
- Hail, August 3, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2024
- Hail, May 23, 2024
- Hail, April 29, 2024
- High Wind, April 3, 2024
- High Wind, March 11, 2024
- High Wind, February 28, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2024
- Coastal Flood, January 13, 2024
- Coastal Flood, January 10, 2024
- High Wind, January 9, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2024
- Flash Flood, December 18, 2023
- High Wind, December 18, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 29, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 11, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2023
- Hail, July 3, 2023
- Hail, June 6, 2023
- Hail, June 2, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 13, 2023
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2023
- High Wind, December 23, 2022
- High Wind, November 30, 2022
- Flash Flood, September 13, 2022
- Hail, July 21, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 7, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2022
- Blizzard, January 28, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2022
- Tornado, November 13, 2021
- High Wind, October 29, 2021
- Strong Wind, October 26, 2021
- Flash Flood, October 25, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 18, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- High Wind, December 25, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- High Wind, November 30, 2020
- Tornado, August 27, 2020
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2020
- Hail, June 28, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2020
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Strong Wind, January 16, 2020
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2019
- Strong Wind, November 1, 2019
- Strong Wind, October 31, 2019
- Coastal Flood, October 27, 2019
- High Wind, October 16, 2019
- Coastal Flood, October 16, 2019
- Strong Wind, October 16, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 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
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2019
- Heavy Snow, March 3, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2019
- High Wind, February 25, 2019
- Strong Wind, January 30, 2019
- Strong Wind, January 21, 2019
- Coastal Flood, January 20, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2019
- Flash Flood, December 21, 2018
- Strong Wind, November 26, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Strong Wind, November 15, 2018
- Strong Wind, October 27, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 2, 2018
- Tornado, October 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 25, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2018
- Tornado, May 15, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2018
- Strong Wind, April 16, 2018
- Flash Flood, April 16, 2018
- Heavy Snow, April 2, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2018
- High Wind, March 2, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2018
- Blizzard, January 4, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 9, 2017
- Strong Wind, November 19, 2017
- Strong Wind, October 29, 2017
- Flood, October 29, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2017
- Hail, August 2, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 5, 2017
- Blizzard, March 14, 2017
- Coastal Flood, March 14, 2017
- Strong Wind, March 2, 2017
- High Wind, February 13, 2017
- Blizzard, February 9, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2016
- Strong Wind, December 15, 2016
- Flood, October 21, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2016
- Excessive Heat, August 13, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2016
- Strong Wind, March 28, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 24, 2016
- High Wind, February 24, 2016
- High Wind, February 16, 2016
- Coastal Flood, January 23, 2016
- Blizzard, January 22, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2016
- Dense Fog, December 23, 2015
- Hail, June 23, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 2015
- Strong Wind, March 17, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 21, 2015
- Strong Wind, February 15, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2015
- Blizzard, January 26, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2015
- Flood, January 18, 2015
- Flood, December 9, 2014
- Heavy Snow, November 26, 2014
- Strong Wind, November 2, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2014
- Flood, May 1, 2014
- Flood, April 30, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2013
- Flash Flood, November 27, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 18, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 7, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 12, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 18, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 7, 2013
- Strong Wind, February 17, 2013
- Blizzard, February 8, 2013
- High Wind, December 26, 2012
- Coastal Flood, December 26, 2012
- Flash Flood, December 21, 2012
- Heavy Snow, November 7, 2012
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Coastal Flood, October 28, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 28, 2012
- Strong Wind, September 18, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2012
- Hail, July 26, 2012
- Hail, July 18, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2012
- Hail, June 22, 2012
- Hail, June 8, 2012
- Coastal Flood, June 4, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2012
- Flood, December 7, 2011
- Winter Storm, October 29, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 23, 2011
- Flood, September 8, 2011
- Tornado, August 28, 2011
- Storm Surge/Tide, August 28, 2011
- Flood, August 27, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2011
- Hail, August 19, 2011
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Westchester CountyEvery warning in Westchester 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.