Montgomery County, New York tornado history

11 tornadoes recorded in or across Montgomery County from 1989 to 2020, coloured by rating on the map.

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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 Montgomery County

The Storm Prediction Center records 11 tornadoes whose paths touched Montgomery County, New York between 1989 and 2020. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 2 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 10 July 1989. The most recent was on 7 October 2020.

  • 11tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 21injuries
  • 273per 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 Montgomery County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0545%
F1 / EF1436%
F2 / EF219%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF419%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Montgomery County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 2010s.1980s11990s22000s22010s52020s1

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

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PeriodCount
1980s1
1990s2
2000s2
2010s5
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 2 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May2Jun2Jul2Aug2Sep2Oct1Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun2
Jul2
Aug2
Sep2
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Montgomery County

Notable tornadoes in Montgomery County

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

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