Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Scotia, NY

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Albany Airport, NY, 11 miles southeast of Scotia at 312 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 84°F and low of 62°F; January is the coolest, at 33°F and 16°F. July is the wettest at 4.6 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.3 inches; the year adds up to 40.9 inches over 81 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 56% of the year's precipitation (23.1 of 40.9 inches); the other six months are drier. August has brought the most of the 17 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (6); a normal August there has highs of 82°F and 3.8 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 10 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 136 nights a year. Snowfall averages 59.2 inches a year, most of it in January. That 40.9 inches is more than at 49 of the 137 New York stations used on this site (36%). Burnt Hills, 5 miles northeast, has its own station (Saratoga Springs 4 SW, NY): 46.4 inches a year, 5.5 more than here, and the same July average high, 84°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 441 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Scotia: 343 thunderstorm wind reports, 43 flash floods, 34 floods, 13 heavy rain events and 8 lightning strikes. They killed 1 person and injured 8, and the NWS estimated $4.1 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 115 mph, on June 2, 2000. July has had the most flash floods, 17 of 43. Of the 798 New York cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 524 have had fewer than Scotia.

Flood insurance policyholders in Scotia's ZIP code 12302 have filed 64 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1993, and were paid $1.5 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Irene in 2011: 29 claims (45% of all) and $1.1 million, then April 2007 Nor'easter in 2007 with 10. 73% 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, 326 have fewer than Scotia.