New York storm events
Tornadoes, hurricanes, hail, and severe storms recorded in New York between 1950 and 2025, sourced from NOAA's Storm Events Database.
55,213
Storm events
553
Tornadoes
0
Hurricanes
641
Deaths
Significant recent events in New York
Events with deaths, multiple injuries, $1M+ property damage, or EF3+ tornadoes.
A female driver passed away from a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer which was traveling northbound on Route 12B and lost control during a snow squall. The truck crossed into the southbound lane colliding with the other vehicle.
A large tree fell onto a vehicle on U.S. 44 between Farmers Turnpike and Murphy Lane. One person was pronounced dead at the scene with one other injured.
High standing water with water levels above tires on some cars with leaf debris in water with of occurrence estimated. One fatality was reported by FDNY as a men entered the basement to save his dog and drowned.
A 59-year-old South Carolina man drowned Saturday afternoon August 23rd while swimming at Sailors Haven on Fire Island. Police said Ishmoile Mohammed became caught in a rip current that pulled him west. Lifeguards brought him to shore about 2:45 p.m. and, with assistance from Fir…
Strong thunderstorm winds snapped and uprooted around 40 acres of trees in woods off of Route 26 between East Maine and Hardy Roads.
There was an exceptional swath of hail damage, approximately 2.5 miles wide and 5 miles long. Many trees were completely stripped of their foliage, including an entire hillside, which bore the brunt of the storm and appeared entirely bare. Widespread hail damage was also reported…
During the late afternoon of the second day of a multi-day heatwave, a 65 year old woman on the 3rd/top floor of an apartment building in the Village of Owego suffered a medical emergency due to the heat and passed away. The apartment had no air conditioning and had warmed to 105…
A deadly pre-dawn tornado spun up at a kink in a line of severe thunderstorms in Clark Mills. Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped, with many of them on structures. Three homes were sliced or crushed by trees. Two residents were killed in one of the heavily-damaged homes, and …
Gusty winds around 40 mph caused a large leader of a diseased tree to fall onto a moving vehicle on Lakeshore Road in Chazy. The sole occupant perished in this incident.
A driver lost control of their vehicle on snow-covered roads, crossing the center line and collided with an oncoming SUV. Six people were initially injured, but one passed away from their injuries on the 24th.
Two school buses collided head-on in whiteout conditions, killing one of the drivers. Three other individuals were treated for non-life threatening injuries.
Lake effect snow accumulated between 18 and 60 inches.
A Pittsfield woman was killed (indirect) in a single car crash on Route 295 in the Town of Canaan after the driver lost control of the vehicle while driving in slippery conditions caused by a mix of rain and snow.
Upwards of 10 feet of water inundated a building of the Smithtown Public Library damaging historical documents and compromising walls.
On August 11th at about noon, a Suffolk County Park Ranger who was patrolling Smith Point was on the outer beach between cut 1 and cut 2 was was notified that a person was in distress in the water. Fire Rescue officials were also notified and activated the Mastic Beach FD, along …
Counties and zones
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Albany (926)
Allegany (567)
Bronx (293)
Broome (1,235)
Cattaraugus (943)
Cayuga (524)
Chautauqua (1,137)
Chemung (447)
Chenango (770)
Clinton (353)
Columbia (826)
Cortland (587)
Delaware (738)
Dutchess (949)
Eastern Albany (408)
Eastern Clinton (246)
Eastern Columbia (382)
Eastern Dutchess (368)
Eastern Essex (321)
Eastern Greene (356)
Eastern Rensselaer (391)
Eastern Schenectady (358)
Eastern Ulster (390)
Erie (868)
Essex (394)
Franklin (321)
Fulton (413)
Genesee (432)
Greene (378)
Hamilton (613)
Herkimer (906)
Jefferson (679)
Kings (212)
Kings (brooklyn) (160)
Lewis (755)
Livingston (488)
Madison (606)
Monroe (744)
Montgomery (934)
Nassau (703)
New York (152)
New York (manhattan) (156)
Niagara (571)
Northeast Clinton (76)
Northeast Suffolk (226)
Northern Cayuga (200)
Northern Erie (236)
Northern Franklin (320)
Northern Fulton (274)
Northern Herkimer (392)
Northern Nassau (120)
Northern Oneida (280)
Northern Queens (117)
Northern Saratoga (434)
Northern St. Lawrence (311)
Northern Warren (306)
Northern Washington (326)
Northern Westchester (174)
Northwest Suffolk (236)
Oneida (1,081)
Onondaga (988)
Ontario (634)
Orange (955)
Orleans (352)
Oswego (971)
Otsego (832)
Putnam (400)
Queens (481)
Rensselaer (803)
Richmond (202)
Richmond (staten Is.) (144)
Rockland (469)
Saratoga (1,125)
Schenectady (421)
Schoharie (742)
Schuyler (306)
Seneca (312)
Southeast Suffolk (251)
Southeast Warren (320)
Southeastern St. Lawrence (246)
Southern Cayuga (132)
Southern Erie (266)
Southern Franklin (326)
Southern Fulton (320)
Southern Herkimer (450)
Southern Nassau (139)
Southern Oneida (222)
Southern Queens (135)
Southern Saratoga (398)
Southern St. Lawrence (70)
Southern Washington (312)
Southern Westchester (206)
Southerwestern St. Lawrence (38)
Southwest Clinton (72)
Southwest Suffolk (261)
Southwestern St. Lawrence (179)
St. Lawrence (453)
Steuben (854)
Suffolk (865)
Sullivan (686)
Tioga (552)
Tompkins (535)
Ulster (934)
Warren (516)
Washington (833)
Wayne (542)
Westchester (734)
Western Albany (349)
Western Clinton (244)
Western Columbia (376)
Western Dutchess (410)
Western Essex (347)
Western Greene (364)
Western Rensselaer (391)
Western Schenectady (354)
Western Ulster (403)
Wyoming (519)
Yates (322)