Thunderstorm Wind in Fulton County, New York

Several trees were downed in Broadalbin.

June 23, 2024 was the sixth and final day in the stretch of hot, humid conditions and, like the two days prior, only featured such conditions in the lower Mid-Hudson Valley. Heat index (or feels like temperatures) reached between 95 and 104 degrees across eastern Ulster and Dutchess Counties.

A low pressure system and potent upper shortwave tracked east from the Great Lakes region, lifting a warm front through eastern New York on the morning of June 23. With a cold front to the west, eastern New York fell into the warm sector of the system with warm, moist antecedent conditions contributing to sufficient instability. Higher values of low- and deep-layer shear and steep lapse rates paired with ample forcing from a low level jet gave way to scattered showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon of June 23. Some storms became severe, leading to numerous reports of tree and wire damage in Fulton, Montgomery, Washington, Rensselaer, Dutchess, Ulster, and Schenectady Counties.