Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Kingston, NY

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Rhinebeck 4SE, NY, 9 miles southeast of Kingston at 301 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 86°F and low of 56°F; January is the coolest, at 37°F and 11°F. October is the wettest at 5.3 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 3.1 inches; the year adds up to 50.6 inches over 87 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 53% of the year's precipitation (26.8 of 50.6 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 27 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (11); a normal September there has highs of 77°F and 4.3 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 20 days a year, almost all from May to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 185 nights a year. That 50.6 inches is more than at 126 of the 137 New York stations used on this site (92%). West Hurley, 6 miles northwest, has its own station (Platte Clove, NY): 67.8 inches a year, 17.2 more than here, and a July average high of 80°F against 86°F.

Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Turkey Point Hudson River NERRS, NY, 7 miles northeast, averaged 79°F in July and 35°F in February over 2021–2025. No month averaged 80°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 348 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Kingston: 285 thunderstorm wind reports, 40 floods, 10 flash floods, 8 lightning strikes and 5 heavy rain events. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $398,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 98 mph, on November 25, 2004. July has had the most flash floods, 5 of 10. Of the 798 New York cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 145 have had fewer than Kingston.

Flood insurance policyholders in Kingston's ZIP code 12401 have filed 285 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $7.0 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Irene in 2011: 64 claims (22% of all) and $2.0 million, then April 2007 Nor'easter in 2007 with 41 and Torrential rain in 2005 with 38. 74% 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, 462 have fewer than Kingston.