245
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
2
Direct injuries
$1.3M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Tioga County, New York: 245 recorded events between 1967 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 87. That places the county #712 nationally and #38 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Tioga County, New York: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Tioga County is the 2010s, when 75 of the county's 245 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 Tioga County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 58.6% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #712 for this hazard and #38 within New York, putting it in the 77.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Tioga County with 82 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 17, 1988 | 0 | 0 | 2 | $0 |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2025 | BERKSHIRE | 53 | $0 |
| May 6, 2025 | LOUNSBERRY | 50 | $1K |
| Apr 15, 2025 | CAMPVILLE | 50 | $5K |
| Aug 5, 2024 | GASKILL | 50 | $3K |
| Aug 5, 2024 | GASKILL | 50 | $3K |
| Aug 5, 2024 | FLEMINGVILLE | 50 | $3K |
| Aug 5, 2024 | CANDOR | 50 | $3K |
| Aug 5, 2024 | CANDOR | 50 | $3K |
| Aug 2, 2024 | CAMPVILLE | 50 | $2K |
| Jul 22, 2024 | OWEGO | 50 | $2K |
Other hazards here
More from Tioga County
- Hail 87
- Flash Flood 61
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A microburst hit Apalachin NY at 948 pm EDT Wednesday 7/7/21 |as winds up to 80 mph blasted to the northeast and ended around |Campville at 950 pm EDT. The winds were strongest from McFadden |Road to Shady Hill Road and Route 434 near the eastern end of |Main Street. The winds in these areas were between 70 and 80 mph. |The rest of the Apalachin and Campville areas had winds of 60 to |70 mph estimated. The strongest winds lasted about 2 minutes. |Numerous trees were blown down with many structures having |minor damage and a few sustaining major damage from trees |falling on them. ||This area of damage was within a much broader area of thunderstorm |wind damage of 50 to 60 mph that hit many areas in Broome and Tioga |Counties in NY Wednesday evening July 7th, 2021.
A severe thunderstorm produced wind damage in the southeastern portion of the county between 6:25 and 6:30 pm EDT. Many large trees were downed across roadways and power lines in Tioga Terrace. Also, more trees were toppled in Apalachin with a radio tower damaged in South Apalachin.
Severe thunderstorms that produced wind damage upstream in both Steuben and Chemung counties contined into Tioga county and clipped southern sections near the state line. Isolated reports of wind damage were received from North Waverly eastward towards Nichols between 215 and 230 pm EDT. Most of the damage took the form of downed trees and power lines. Road signs were also toppled near Nichols.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Tioga County, New York?
245 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Tioga County between 1967 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Tioga County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Tioga County measured 87.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Tioga 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 Tioga County, New York.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/new-york/tioga-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.