New York

Storm History: Westchester County, New York

606 episodes, 1,141 events since 1959

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.

Open the live radar over Westchester County

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
Flash Flood26361$100 million
Thunderstorm Wind20006$452,000
Hail15802$264,000
Heavy Snow9600
High Wind7692$4.0 million
Tornado57212$11 million
Flood5511$65,000
Winter Storm5000
Strong Wind3324$798,000
Blizzard2700
Winter Weather2502
Coastal Flood2121
Drought2000
Heavy Rain1600
Heat1020
Excessive Heat700
Lightning611$205,000
Ice Storm600
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Tropical Storm400$8,000
Cold/Wind Chill200
Dense Fog200
Storm Surge/Tide100

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 Westchester County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.