Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Hampton Bays, NY

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Westhamptn Gabreski Airport, NY, 6 miles west of Hampton Bays at 67 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 81°F and low of 63°F; January is the coolest, at 39°F and 20°F. October is the wettest at 4.7 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.7 inches; the year adds up to 43.6 inches over 72 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 51% of the year's precipitation (22.1 of 43.6 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 61 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (24); a normal September there has highs of 74°F and 3.8 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 6 days a year, almost all from July to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 132 nights a year. That 43.6 inches is more than at 68 of the 137 New York stations used on this site (50%). Southampton, 6 miles east, has its own station (Bridgehampton, NY): 49.8 inches a year, 6.2 more than here, and the same July average high, 81°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 59 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Hampton Bays: 43 thunderstorm wind reports, 14 flash floods, 1 flood and 1 lightning strike. They killed 0 people and injured 4, and the NWS estimated $11.1 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on March 11, 2000. August has had the most flash floods, 7 of 14. Of the 798 New York cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 212 have had fewer than Hampton Bays.

Flood insurance policyholders in Hampton Bays's ZIP code 11946 have filed 544 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $12.1 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Sandy in 2012: 187 claims (34% of all) and $7.1 million, then Hurricane Irene in 2011 with 84 and Hurricane Gloria in 1985 with 37. 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, 498 have fewer than Hampton Bays.