Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Woodstock, NY

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Platte Clove, NY, 7 miles north of Woodstock at 2,032 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 80°F and low of 55°F; January is the coolest, at 32°F and 12°F. December is the wettest at 7.2 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 4.0 inches; the year adds up to 67.8 inches over 97 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 53% of the year's precipitation (36.0 of 67.8 inches); the other six months are drier. Highs reach 90°F on about 4 days a year, almost all from July. Lows fall below freezing on about 165 nights a year. Snowfall averages 85.7 inches a year, most of it in February. That 67.8 inches is more than at 136 of the 137 New York stations used on this site (99%). Lake Katrine, 6 miles southeast, has its own station (Rhinebeck 4SE, NY): 50.6 inches a year, 17.2 less than here, and a July average high of 86°F against 80°F.

Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Turkey Point Hudson River NERRS, NY, 9 miles east, 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 202 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Woodstock: 154 thunderstorm wind reports, 26 floods, 15 flash floods, 4 lightning strikes and 3 heavy rain events. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $272,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on July 13, 2022. August has had the most flash floods, 5 of 15. Of the 798 New York cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 228 have had fewer than Woodstock.

Flood insurance policyholders in Woodstock's ZIP code 12498 have filed 51 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $414,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Irene in 2011: 17 claims (33% of all) and $217,000. 45% 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, 287 have fewer than Woodstock.