Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Livingston Manor, NY

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Liberty 1 NE, NY, 9 miles south of Livingston Manor at 1,580 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 79°F and low of 57°F; January is the coolest, at 30°F and 13°F. August is the wettest at 5.3 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.8 inches; the year adds up to 53.1 inches over 94 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 55% of the year's precipitation (29.1 of 53.1 inches); the other six months are drier. August has brought the most of the 18 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (8); a normal August there has highs of 77°F and 5.3 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 4 days a year, almost all from July to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 163 nights a year. Snowfall averages 69.9 inches a year, most of it in February. That 53.1 inches is more than at 131 of the 137 New York stations used on this site (96%). Napanoch, 21 miles east, has its own station (Mohonk Lake, NY): 52.6 inches a year, 0.5 less than here, and a July average high of 83°F against 79°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 64 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Livingston Manor: 43 thunderstorm wind reports, 16 flash floods, 4 floods and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $1.1 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on August 14, 2024. July has had the most flash floods, 8 of 16. Of the 798 New York cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 247 have had fewer than Livingston Manor.

Flood insurance policyholders in Livingston Manor's ZIP code 12758 have filed 302 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $5.0 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Torrential rain in 2005: 40 claims (13% of all) and $688,000, then Hurricane Irene in 2011 with 18. The year with the most claims was 2006, with 83. 24% 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, 465 have fewer than Livingston Manor.