Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Fonda, NY

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Cobleskill 2 ESE, NY, 20 miles south of Fonda at 1,169 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 80°F and low of 58°F; January is the coolest, at 31°F and 12°F. August is the wettest at 4.3 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.2 inches; the year adds up to 41.0 inches over 82 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 56% of the year's precipitation (23.0 of 41.0 inches); the other six months are drier. August has brought the most of the 12 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (5); a normal August there has highs of 78°F and 4.3 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 4 days a year, almost all from July. Lows fall below freezing on about 155 nights a year. Snowfall averages 53.5 inches a year, most of it in January. That 41.0 inches is more than at 51 of the 137 New York stations used on this site (37%). Fort Johnson, 7 miles east, has its own station (Saratoga Springs 4 SW, NY): 46.4 inches a year, 5.4 more than here, and a July average high of 84°F against 80°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 288 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Fonda: 231 thunderstorm wind reports, 32 floods, 21 flash floods, 2 heavy rain events and 2 lightning strikes. They killed 0 people and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $3.8 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 92 mph, on September 7, 1998. August has had the most flash floods, 9 of 21. Of the 798 New York cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 333 have had fewer than Fonda.

Flood insurance policyholders in Fonda's ZIP code 12068 have filed 62 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $1.7 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Irene in 2011: 21 claims (34% of all) and $1.1 million. 50% 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, 317 have fewer than Fonda.