Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit West Seneca, NY

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Buffalo, NY, 8 miles north of West Seneca at 693 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 80°F and low of 63°F; January is the coolest, at 32°F and 19°F. September is the wettest at 4.1 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.5 inches; the year adds up to 40.8 inches over 94 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 52% of the year's precipitation (21.4 of 40.8 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 11 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (5); a normal September there has highs of 72°F and 4.1 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 3 days a year, almost all from July. Lows fall below freezing on about 124 nights a year. Snowfall averages 95.4 inches a year, most of it in January. That 40.8 inches is more than at 47 of the 137 New York stations used on this site (34%). Blasdell, 5 miles southwest, has its own station (Colden 1W, NY): 53.2 inches a year, 12.4 more than here, and a July average high of 77°F against 80°F.

Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Buffalo, NY, 7 miles west, averaged 76°F in July and 34°F in February over 2021–2025. No month averaged 80°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 243 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of West Seneca: 168 thunderstorm wind reports, 41 floods, 24 flash floods, 7 lightning strikes and 3 heavy rain events. They killed 0 people and injured 13, and the NWS estimated $6.3 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 75 mph, on June 8, 2003. August has had the most flash floods, 9 of 24. Of the 798 New York cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 384 have had fewer than West Seneca.

Flood insurance policyholders in West Seneca's ZIP code 14224 have filed 156 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $724,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1985: 18 claims (12% of all) and $16,000. The year with the most claims was 1979, with 57. 13% 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, 426 have fewer than West Seneca.