Strong Wind Risk in New York

All New York counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index strong wind score

Strong Wind risk — damaging straight-line winds outside of tornadoes and hurricanes — is rated for 62 of 62 New York counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Kings County carries the state's highest strong wind score at 99.7, with $10M in expected annual strong wind losses.

15 New York counties are rated High or Very High for strong wind, and expected annual losses from strong wind total roughly $104M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Strong Wind

#CountyStrong Wind ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Kings County
99.7
Very High 5.39 / yr $10M
2 Queens County
99.7
Very High 5.39 / yr $10M
3 New York County
99.5
Very High 5.39 / yr $8M
4 Bronx County
99.3
Very High 5.39 / yr $6M
5 Westchester County
99.1
Very High 4.97 / yr $8M
6 Onondaga County
98.3
Very High 1.45 / yr $6M
7 Suffolk County
97.7
High 3.17 / yr $6M
8 Nassau County
97.1
High 4.87 / yr $4M
9 Rockland County
97.0
High 5.06 / yr $3M
10 Orange County
95.5
High 4.61 / yr $4M
11 Oneida County
93.6
High 1.26 / yr $2M
12 Richmond County
93.1
High 5.50 / yr $2M
13 Ulster County
91.6
High 2.86 / yr $2M
14 Dutchess County
90.0
High 3.53 / yr $2M
15 Chautauqua County
84.4
High 1.60 / yr $1M
16 Albany County
82.9
Medium 1.40 / yr $2M
17 Erie County
80.4
Medium 1.55 / yr $1M
18 Monroe County
79.1
Medium 1.30 / yr $1M
19 Jefferson County
78.7
Medium 0.77 / yr $1M
20 Rensselaer County
78.3
Medium 1.44 / yr $1M
21 Ontario County
76.4
Medium 1.47 / yr $1M
22 Cattaraugus County
74.7
Medium 1.87 / yr $822K
23 Niagara County
73.5
Medium 0.97 / yr $1M
24 Oswego County
67.6
Medium 1.23 / yr $905K
25 Allegany County
67.1
Medium 1.83 / yr $841K
26 Wayne County
65.6
Medium 1.36 / yr $859K
27 Sullivan County
64.9
Medium 2.82 / yr $781K
28 Genesee County
63.8
Medium 1.36 / yr $826K
29 Saratoga County
63.0
Medium 1.23 / yr $1M
30 Cayuga County
62.0
Medium 1.45 / yr $825K
31 Putnam County
58.4
Medium 4.44 / yr $1M
32 Steuben County
56.9
Medium 1.61 / yr $596K
33 Broome County
55.1
Medium 1.37 / yr $564K
34 Clinton County
54.2
Medium 0.59 / yr $625K
35 Otsego County
54.0
Medium 1.30 / yr $553K
36 Fulton County
53.0
Medium 1.22 / yr $641K
37 Delaware County
51.8
Low 1.51 / yr $410K
38 Livingston County
48.6
Low 1.61 / yr $517K
39 Schenectady County
48.1
Low 1.30 / yr $567K
40 Warren County
45.6
Low 1.06 / yr $538K
41 Tompkins County
44.4
Low 1.55 / yr $500K
42 Madison County
44.0
Low 1.36 / yr $506K
43 Columbia County
42.4
Low 2.06 / yr $392K
44 Yates County
40.2
Low 1.65 / yr $282K
45 Chemung County
38.4
Low 1.51 / yr $393K
46 Orleans County
37.2
Low 1.17 / yr $388K
47 Wyoming County
37.1
Low 1.74 / yr $436K
48 Essex County
36.7
Low 0.85 / yr $334K
49 St. Lawrence County
35.2
Low 0.54 / yr $294K
50 Montgomery County
33.7
Low 1.24 / yr $269K
51 Cortland County
32.6
Low 1.46 / yr $333K
52 Lewis County
32.6
Low 0.94 / yr $354K
53 Seneca County
29.7
Low 1.52 / yr $217K
54 Washington County
27.7
Low 1.18 / yr $272K
55 Chenango County
27.4
Low 1.34 / yr $230K
56 Greene County
26.5
Low 1.88 / yr $234K
57 Herkimer County
26.4
Low 1.08 / yr $254K
58 Tioga County
25.6
Low 1.46 / yr $230K
59 Franklin County
24.2
Low 0.57 / yr $209K
60 Schoharie County
15.8
Very Low 1.39 / yr $135K
61 Schuyler County
15.7
Very Low 1.63 / yr $127K
62 Hamilton County
6.6
Very Low 0.97 / yr $41K

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Which New York county has the highest strong wind risk?

Kings County has the highest FEMA strong wind risk score in New York at 99.7 (Very High), with $10M in expected annual losses and about 5.39 events per year.

How many New York counties face significant strong wind risk?

62 New York counties record measurable strong wind risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 15 of them are rated High or Very High.

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