Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Hopewell Junction, NY

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Stormville, NY, 4 miles southeast of Hopewell Junction at 915 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 83°F and low of 63°F; January is the coolest, at 35°F and 17°F. September is the wettest at 5.1 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 3.4 inches; the year adds up to 49.0 inches over 84 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 54% of the year's precipitation (26.4 of 49.0 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 74°F and 5.1 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 11 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 132 nights a year. Snowfall averages 57.9 inches a year, most of it in January and March. That 49.0 inches is more than at 117 of the 137 New York stations used on this site (85%). Wappingers Falls, 5 miles west, has its own station (Poughkeepsie Dutchess Co Airport, NY): 41.9 inches a year, 7.1 less than here, and a July average high of 85°F against 83°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 237 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Hopewell Junction: 195 thunderstorm wind reports, 28 flash floods, 10 floods, 2 heavy rain events and 2 lightning strikes. They killed 2 people and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $4.6 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 105 mph, on May 15, 2018. September has had the most flash floods, 12 of 28. Of the 798 New York cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 438 have had fewer than Hopewell Junction.

Flood insurance policyholders in Hopewell Junction's ZIP code 12533 have filed 130 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $2.6 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from April 2007 Nor'easter in 2007: 33 claims (25% of all) and $909,000, then Hurricane Ida in 2021 with 22 and Hurricane Irene in 2011 with 19. 77% 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, 405 have fewer than Hopewell Junction.