Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Attica, NY

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Warsaw 6 SW, NY, 11 miles south of Attica at 1,820 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 76°F and low of 58°F; January is the coolest, at 28°F and 13°F. July is the wettest at 4.4 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.7 inches; the year adds up to 45.2 inches. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 55% of the year's precipitation (24.8 of 45.2 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 11 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (6); a normal September there has highs of 68°F and 4.1 inches of precipitation. Highs of 90°F are rare: fewer than one day a year on average. Lows fall below freezing on about 157 nights a year. That 45.2 inches is more than at 82 of the 137 New York stations used on this site (60%). Corfu, 11 miles northwest, has its own station (Batavia, NY): 36.6 inches a year, 8.6 less than here, and a July average high of 80°F against 76°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 67 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Attica: 54 thunderstorm wind reports, 7 flash floods, 4 floods, 1 heavy rain event and 1 lightning strike. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $806,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 86 mph, on April 18, 2004. Of the 798 New York cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 95 have had fewer than Attica.

Flood insurance policyholders in Attica's ZIP code 14011 have filed 84 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $1.5 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 1998, with 37. 8% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 549 New York cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 360 have fewer than Attica.