Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Fishkill, NY

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Poughkeepsie Dutchess Co Airport, NY, 6 miles north of Fishkill at 166 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 85°F and low of 62°F; January is the coolest, at 36°F and 18°F. August and September are the wettest at 4.3 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.2 inches; the year adds up to 41.9 inches over 77 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 56% of the year's precipitation (23.3 of 41.9 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 34 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (14); a normal September there has highs of 75°F and 4.3 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 19 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 136 nights a year. That 41.9 inches is more than at 55 of the 137 New York stations used on this site (40%). Beacon, 4 miles southwest, has its own station (West Point, NY): 51.5 inches a year, 9.6 more than here, and the same July average high, 85°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 257 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Fishkill: 201 thunderstorm wind reports, 36 flash floods, 13 floods, 6 lightning strikes and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 3 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $2.0 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 105 mph, on May 15, 2018. July has had the most flash floods, 14 of 36. Of the 798 New York cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 497 have had fewer than Fishkill.

Flood insurance policyholders in Fishkill's ZIP code 12524 have filed 94 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $1.9 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Irene in 2011: 25 claims (27% of all) and $437,000, then April 2007 Nor'easter in 2007 with 21 and Hurricane Ida in 2021 with 14. 84% 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, 370 have fewer than Fishkill.