Severe Weather History


New York Heavy Rain History: 438 Recorded Events

438

Recorded events

53

Counties affected

0

Direct deaths

$1.2M

Property damage

New York heavy rain history: 438 recorded events across 53 counties between 1996 and 2025.

Decade by decade

New York heavy rain history by decade

New York heavy rain history: recorded events per decade
New York heavy rain history: recorded events per decade

The 2000s are the busiest decade on record with 155 reported heavy rain events across New York. Earlier decades are thinner because systematic reporting for this hazard expanded over time, not because the weather was calmer.

County ranking

Counties with the most heavy rain events in New York

RankCountyEventsDeathsDamageSpan
#1Suffolk County280$01996–2010
#2Nassau County230$01996–2006
#3Queens County220$01996–2015
#4Orange County200$01996–2010
#5Westchester County190$01996–2009
#6Richmond County180$01996–2007
#7New York County180$01996–2010
#8Kings County170$01996–2006
#9Putnam County160$1K1996–2011
#10Bronx County160$01996–2010
#11Erie County150$02018–2025
#12Rockland County150$25K1996–2005
#13Chautauqua County150$02018–2021
#14Cattaraugus County130$02018–2024
#15Livingston County100$02020–2025
#16Ontario County100$02018–2023
#17Schenectady County100$02007–2018
#18Monroe County90$02018–2025
#19Orleans County80$02020–2020
#20Clinton County80$5K2002–2020
#21Dutchess County70$5K1998–2018
#22Saratoga County70$30K2001–2017
#23Oswego County70$2K2018–2021
#24Allegany County70$02021–2021
#25Albany County60$02008–2018
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · ranked by recorded event count

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