Ice Storm Risk in New York

All New York counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index ice storm score

Ice Storm risk — freezing rain that coats surfaces in heavy, damaging ice — is rated for 62 of 62 New York counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Nassau County carries the state's highest ice storm score at 98.7, with $4M in expected annual ice storm losses.

17 New York counties are rated High or Very High for ice storm, and expected annual losses from ice storm total roughly $28M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Ice Storm

#CountyIce Storm ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Nassau County
98.7
Very High 0.72 / yr $4M
2 Onondaga County
96.9
Very High 1.45 / yr $2M
3 Suffolk County
96.5
Very High 0.67 / yr $2M
4 Erie County
93.7
High 2.67 / yr $1M
5 Kings County
93.4
High 0.74 / yr $775K
6 Queens County
91.4
High 0.74 / yr $662K
7 Oneida County
91.0
High 1.07 / yr $926K
8 Westchester County
90.3
High 1.27 / yr $927K
9 Monroe County
89.0
High 1.53 / yr $814K
10 New York County
88.8
High 0.74 / yr $528K
11 Niagara County
87.4
High 2.96 / yr $760K
12 St. Lawrence County
87.3
High 0.66 / yr $606K
13 Bronx County
86.9
High 0.74 / yr $385K
14 Cayuga County
86.7
High 1.10 / yr $726K
15 Albany County
86.0
High 0.68 / yr $700K
16 Clinton County
83.9
High 0.55 / yr $560K
17 Oswego County
83.9
High 1.39 / yr $558K
18 Jefferson County
81.5
Medium 1.04 / yr $502K
19 Franklin County
80.3
Medium 0.49 / yr $382K
20 Saratoga County
78.8
Medium 0.56 / yr $621K
21 Rockland County
78.0
Medium 1.09 / yr $286K
22 Ontario County
77.1
Medium 0.94 / yr $379K
23 Orange County
76.8
Medium 0.83 / yr $356K
24 Schenectady County
76.6
Medium 0.70 / yr $345K
25 Dutchess County
75.6
Medium 1.52 / yr $347K
26 Essex County
75.3
Medium 0.24 / yr $265K
27 Genesee County
74.6
Medium 1.94 / yr $287K
28 Wayne County
74.5
Medium 1.15 / yr $283K
29 Broome County
74.4
Medium 0.49 / yr $248K
30 Lewis County
73.6
Medium 0.73 / yr $294K
31 Ulster County
72.8
Medium 0.62 / yr $246K
32 Madison County
70.9
Medium 0.95 / yr $254K
33 Rensselaer County
70.7
Medium 0.84 / yr $240K
34 Seneca County
69.4
Medium 0.74 / yr $161K
35 Columbia County
69.1
Medium 1.10 / yr $187K
36 Putnam County
68.3
Medium 1.96 / yr $328K
37 Chautauqua County
66.7
Medium 1.06 / yr $149K
38 Herkimer County
66.2
Medium 0.44 / yr $181K
39 Richmond County
65.8
Medium 0.75 / yr $151K
40 Livingston County
64.7
Medium 0.96 / yr $161K
41 Orleans County
63.1
Medium 2.24 / yr $158K
42 Tompkins County
62.4
Medium 0.52 / yr $160K
43 Yates County
62.2
Medium 0.32 / yr $100K
44 Fulton County
61.6
Medium 0.64 / yr $154K
45 Chenango County
60.0
Low 0.60 / yr $117K
46 Cortland County
58.6
Low 0.79 / yr $128K
47 Washington County
57.5
Low 0.40 / yr $122K
48 Wyoming County
57.2
Low 1.48 / yr $138K
49 Montgomery County
57.0
Low 0.63 / yr $94K
50 Greene County
54.9
Low 0.63 / yr $98K
51 Schuyler County
54.5
Low 0.26 / yr $99K
52 Warren County
54.3
Low 0.22 / yr $115K
53 Sullivan County
53.3
Low 0.58 / yr $92K
54 Cattaraugus County
50.0
Low 0.71 / yr $63K
55 Tioga County
49.7
Low 0.50 / yr $79K
56 Steuben County
47.0
Low 0.25 / yr $67K
57 Otsego County
45.0
Low 0.50 / yr $60K
58 Delaware County
42.3
Low 0.30 / yr $42K
59 Chemung County
37.7
Low 0.34 / yr $47K
60 Schoharie County
36.0
Low 0.51 / yr $44K
61 Allegany County
34.7
Low 0.36 / yr $39K
62 Hamilton County
13.9
Very Low 0.11 / yr $8K

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Which New York county has the highest ice storm risk?

Nassau County has the highest FEMA ice storm risk score in New York at 98.7 (Very High), with $4M in expected annual losses and about 0.72 events per year.

How many New York counties face significant ice storm risk?

62 New York counties record measurable ice storm risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 17 of them are rated High or Very High.

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