Greene County, New York tornado history

10 tornadoes recorded in or across Greene County from 1974 to 2020, coloured by rating on the map.

Tap or scroll to load the interactive map

Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Greene County

The Storm Prediction Center records 10 tornadoes whose paths touched Greene County, New York between 1974 and 2020. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is July, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 10 July 1989. The most recent was on 27 August 2020.

  • 10tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 28injuries
  • 155per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Greene County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0220%
F1 / EF1550%
F2 / EF2110%
F3 / EF3110%
F4 / EF4110%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Greene County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in 2000s.1970s21980s11990s12000s42010s12020s1

The 2020s only run to 2020, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

Show the numbers
PeriodCount
1970s2
1980s1
1990s1
2000s4
2010s1
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in Jul.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr2May0Jun1Jul5Aug2Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May0
Jun1
Jul5
Aug2
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Greene County

  • Strongest: Ames, New York tornado10 July 1989, F4, 20 injuries, 42 miles long
  • Longest path: New York tornado16 June 1974, F3, 49.1 miles long
  • Most recent: New York tornado27 August 2020, EF1, 0.3 miles long

Notable tornadoes in Greene County

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

More in New York

Embed this map

Copy this code into your web page. It is free to use. Please keep the link under the map, as it is how people find where the map comes from.