Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Red Hook, NY

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Rhinebeck 4SE, NY, 8 miles south of Red Hook 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%). Elizaville, 6 miles northeast, has its own station (Hudson Correctional Facility, NY): 44.2 inches a year, 6.4 less than here, and a July average high of 85°F against 86°F.

Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Turkey Point Hudson River NERRS, NY, 5 miles west, 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 250 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Red Hook: 212 thunderstorm wind reports, 16 floods, 10 flash floods, 7 lightning strikes and 5 heavy rain events. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $523,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on July 6, 2019. July has had the most flash floods, 4 of 10. Of the 798 New York cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 145 have had fewer than Red Hook.

Flood insurance policyholders in Red Hook's ZIP code 12571 have filed 27 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1996, and were paid $388,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Irene in 2011: 11 claims (41% of all) and $200,000. 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, 169 have fewer than Red Hook.