New York

Storm History: Yates County, New York

235 episodes, 331 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Yates 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
331
Deaths
0
Injuries
9
Damage
$31 million
Episodes
235

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 Wind6809$474,000
Hail6500$154,000
Flash Flood4500$22 million
Tornado4100$6.2 million
Heavy Snow3900$428,000
High Wind1900$314,000
Winter Storm1700
Cold/Wind Chill900$20,000
Ice Storm700$2.0 million
Drought600
Heat300
Winter Weather200
Strong Wind200$10,000
Blizzard200
Flood200$3,000
Heavy Rain100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Excessive Heat100
Lake-Effect Snow100

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 Yates County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Yates CountyEvery warning in Yates 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.