Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Monroe, NY

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is West Point, NY, 13 miles east of Monroe at 320 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 85°F and low of 65°F; January is the coolest, at 36°F and 21°F. October is the wettest at 5.3 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 3.0 inches; the year adds up to 51.5 inches over 84 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 55% of the year's precipitation (28.3 of 51.5 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 34 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (15); a normal September there has highs of 76°F and 4.6 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 18 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 110 nights a year. Snowfall averages 35.7 inches a year, most of it in January. That 51.5 inches is more than at 128 of the 137 New York stations used on this site (93%). Chester, 4 miles northwest, has its own station (Montgomery Orange Airport, NY): 41.0 inches a year, 10.5 less than here, and a July average high of 84°F against 85°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 177 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Monroe: 122 thunderstorm wind reports, 31 flash floods, 16 floods and 8 lightning strikes. They killed 2 people and injured 9, and the NWS estimated $409,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 70 mph, on May 24, 2004. July has had the most flash floods, 18 of 31. Of the 798 New York cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 461 have had fewer than Monroe.

Flood insurance policyholders in Monroe's ZIP code 10950 have filed 289 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $2.5 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Irene in 2011: 56 claims (19% of all) and $1.7 million, then Not a named storm in 1979 with 46 and Flooding in 1980 with 33. The year with the most claims was 1979, with 64. 64% 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, 463 have fewer than Monroe.