148
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
8
Direct injuries
$290K
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Putnam County, New York: 148 recorded events between 1968 and 2024. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #1,551 nationally and #51 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Putnam County, New York: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Putnam County is the 2010s, when 43 of the county's 148 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Putnam County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 61.9% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,551 for this hazard and #51 within New York, putting it in the 50.5 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Putnam County with 41 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 1997 | CARMEL | 50 | 0 | 7 | $0 |
| Jun 23, 2024 | LAKE MAHOPAC | 60 | 0 | 1 | $20K |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2024 | MILLTOWN | 60 | $1K |
| Jul 17, 2024 | DYKEMANS | 60 | $1K |
| Jul 17, 2024 | CARMEL | 60 | $3K |
| Jul 17, 2024 | CRAFTS | 60 | $1K |
| Jul 17, 2024 | KENT CLIFFS | 60 | $1K |
| Jun 27, 2024 | BREWSTER | 50 | $1K |
| Jun 23, 2024 | PUTNAM LAKE | 60 | $10K |
| Jun 23, 2024 | SODOM | 60 | $10K |
| Jun 23, 2024 | BREWSTER | 60 | $10K |
| Jun 23, 2024 | LAKE MAHOPAC | 60 | $2K |
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Local police reported that many trees in Brewster had been knocked over. In Carmel, severe winds toppled a tree on top of a vehicle parked in a driveway. Approximately 25,000 customers suffered a power interruption due to this storm.
Thunderstorms produced high winds that knocked down several trees and large branches all in the same direction in parts of the village of Brewster and surrounding parts in the township of Southeast in Putnam County. A funnel cloud was sighted near North Main Street in the village of Brewster.
A line of thunderstorms moving across the region generated damaging winds. Numerous trees and power lines were downed. In Middle Hope a woman was killed and her daughter injured when a 50- by 25-foot section of a roof landed on their Jeep Cherokee after being ripped off a nearby condominium. In Scotchtown, high winds also ripped the roof off a house, but no injuries were reported. (F63V)
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Putnam County, New York?
148 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Putnam County between 1968 and 2024, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Putnam County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Putnam County measured 70.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Putnam County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Thunderstorm Wind in Putnam County, New York.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/new-york/putnam-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.