Hurricane Risk in New York

All New York counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index hurricane score

Hurricane risk — tropical cyclones bringing extreme wind, rain, and storm surge — is rated for 62 of 62 New York counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Kings County carries the state's highest hurricane score at 97.4, with $31M in expected annual hurricane losses.

7 New York counties are rated High or Very High for hurricane, and expected annual losses from hurricane total roughly $242M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Hurricane

#CountyHurricane ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Kings County
97.4
High 0.16 / yr $31M
2 Queens County
97.1
High 0.16 / yr $25M
3 New York County
96.8
High 0.16 / yr $23M
4 Suffolk County
96.8
High 0.20 / yr $43M
5 Nassau County
95.4
High 0.17 / yr $27M
6 Bronx County
95.3
High 0.16 / yr $13M
7 Westchester County
93.6
High 0.14 / yr $15M
8 Orange County
90.8
Medium 0.07 / yr $10M
9 Dutchess County
90.8
Medium 0.10 / yr $10M
10 Richmond County
90.2
Medium 0.16 / yr $7M
11 Ulster County
86.9
Medium 0.06 / yr $5M
12 Rockland County
85.6
Medium 0.11 / yr $3M
13 Albany County
84.4
Medium 0.05 / yr $4M
14 Greene County
81.4
Low 0.05 / yr $2M
15 Columbia County
81.3
Low 0.07 / yr $2M
16 Rensselaer County
79.4
Low 0.06 / yr $2M
17 Sullivan County
79.2
Low 0.04 / yr $2M
18 Broome County
77.8
Low 0.03 / yr $1M
19 Saratoga County
77.7
Low 0.04 / yr $2M
20 Onondaga County
77.2
Low 0.02 / yr $1M
21 Delaware County
76.8
Low 0.03 / yr $902K
22 Schenectady County
75.7
Low 0.04 / yr $1M
23 Putnam County
73.2
Low 0.12 / yr $1M
24 Washington County
72.7
Low 0.05 / yr $782K
25 Erie County
71.3
Low 0.03 / yr $649K
26 Oneida County
70.1
Low 0.01 / yr $539K
27 Steuben County
70.1
Low 0.03 / yr $541K
28 Monroe County
68.8
Low 0.03 / yr $521K
29 Chautauqua County
68.8
Low 0.03 / yr $432K
30 Cattaraugus County
68.1
Low 0.03 / yr $377K
31 Montgomery County
68.0
Low 0.03 / yr $397K
32 Warren County
67.2
Low 0.03 / yr $511K
33 Chenango County
66.4
Low 0.02 / yr $366K
34 Chemung County
66.3
Low 0.03 / yr $413K
35 Essex County
65.7
Low 0.02 / yr $339K
36 Schoharie County
64.8
Low 0.03 / yr $345K
37 Cayuga County
64.7
Low 0.02 / yr $363K
38 Otsego County
64.6
Low 0.02 / yr $302K
39 Tompkins County
64.5
Low 0.02 / yr $358K
40 Fulton County
64.5
Low 0.03 / yr $356K
41 Allegany County
64.1
Low 0.02 / yr $303K
42 Yates County
63.6
Low 0.02 / yr $208K
43 Tioga County
62.7
Low 0.03 / yr $260K
44 Herkimer County
62.5
Low 0.01 / yr $269K
45 Wyoming County
62.5
Low 0.02 / yr $311K
46 Genesee County
62.0
Low 0.03 / yr $258K
47 Clinton County
61.2
Low 0.01 / yr $234K
48 Oswego County
60.7
Low 0.01 / yr $223K
49 Madison County
59.6
Low 0.02 / yr $216K
50 Seneca County
59.4
Low 0.02 / yr $146K
51 St. Lawrence County
59.2
Low 0.01 / yr $158K
52 Cortland County
59.2
Low 0.02 / yr $194K
53 Ontario County
58.9
Low 0.03 / yr $211K
54 Schuyler County
57.8
Very Low 0.02 / yr $153K
55 Franklin County
57.7
Very Low 0.01 / yr $144K
56 Wayne County
57.4
Very Low 0.02 / yr $156K
57 Livingston County
57.3
Very Low 0.03 / yr $150K
58 Niagara County
57.2
Very Low 0.03 / yr $157K
59 Jefferson County
53.2
Very Low 0.01 / yr $111K
60 Orleans County
51.9
Very Low 0.03 / yr $89K
61 Lewis County
47.4
Very Low 0.01 / yr $64K
62 Hamilton County
46.9
Very Low 0.01 / yr $51K

62 New York counties with measurable hurricane risk. See the national hurricane ranking or all New York counties by overall risk.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which New York county has the highest hurricane risk?

Kings County has the highest FEMA hurricane risk score in New York at 97.4 (High), with $31M in expected annual losses and about 0.16 events per year.

How many New York counties face significant hurricane risk?

62 New York counties record measurable hurricane risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 7 of them are rated High or Very High.

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