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Hudson Valley Storm Check: Wind, Snow and Flood History by County
Pick your town and see every thunderstorm wind, high wind, winter storm, hail and flood report NOAA logged in your county from 2016 to 2025, the most recent one, and what each kind of storm does to a gutter.
- NOAA Storm Records, 2016 to 2025
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Quick answer
How often do storms hit the Hudson Valley? From 2016 through 2025, NOAA logged 829 thunderstorm wind reports on 125 different days, 163 high and strong wind records, 94 winter storm, heavy snow, blizzard and ice storm records, 199 flood reports and 70 hail reports across Dutchess, Ulster, Orange and Putnam counties and northern Westchester. That adds up to 258 separate storm days in ten years, spread over every season. Use the lookup below to see your own county, then have our local crews based in Poughkeepsie check your gutters and downspouts for free after the next storm. Call (845) 223-6111 or book online.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, detail files 2016 to 2025, Dutchess, Ulster, Orange and Putnam counties and northern Westchester (county records at 41.15° N and above, plus the Northern Westchester forecast zone), counted by The Brothers That Just Do Gutters Hudson Valley.
Hudson Valley Storm Check lookup
Choose your town and see ten years of its storms
Every NOAA storm record for the counties we serve from 2016 to 2025, from summer thunderstorm wind and flash floods to nor’easter wind, snow and ice, plus the most recent report.
Turn on JavaScript to use the lookup. Across Dutchess, Ulster, Orange and Putnam counties and northern Westchester, NOAA logged 829 thunderstorm wind reports, 163 high and strong wind records, 94 winter storm records, 199 flood reports and 70 hail reports from 2016 to 2025, on 258 separate days.
What Hudson Valley storms do to gutters
After a storm, a snowfall or a hard freeze, this is what our crews look for, and what you can spot from the ground:
- Limbs on the roofline. A falling branch can flatten a run, rip hangers out of the fascia or fold a downspout off the wall.
- Hangers pulled loose. Wind, wet snow and ice all hang their weight on the hangers. A run that sags or tips forward has lost its grip on the wood.
- Frozen leaves in the trough. Leaves left from the fall freeze in place, so meltwater has nowhere to go and spills over the front.
- Split downspouts and elbows. Water that freezes inside a clogged downspout can split the seam, and the leak shows up at the next thaw.
- Seams and end caps worked open. Freeze and thaw, hail and limbs open the joints. Look for drips or streaks at corners in the next rain.
- Downspouts swamped by flash-flood rain. In a 2 inch an hour downpour, a half-plugged outlet or downspout cannot keep up, and the water goes over the side.
- Storm debris packed at the outlets. Wind strips green leaves, twigs and shingle grit off the roof and packs them right where the gutter drains.
- Water dumping at the foundation. A downspout knocked off its extension, or emptying into a snowbank, sends the roof’s water straight at the basement wall.
Storm, snow or freeze just came through? Our local crews based in Poughkeepsie will walk the roofline, check every run and downspout, and show you what we find before anyone talks price.
How this works and sources
We downloaded NOAA’s Storm Events detail files for 2016 through 2025, kept the New York records for Dutchess, Ulster, Orange, Putnam and Westchester, and counted them ourselves. Thunderstorm wind, hail and flood reports are filed by county; high wind, strong wind, winter storm, heavy snow, blizzard, ice storm and tropical storm records are filed by NWS forecast zone, so a county with two zones counts one record per storm episode. For Westchester we count only county records that start at 41.15 degrees north or above, and zone records from NOAA’s Northern Westchester zone. The most recent report also checks NOAA’s 2026 file, which runs through June 2026.
A report is one NOAA record, and one storm can produce many. Days are separate calendar dates. Places are named as NOAA lists them, often a hamlet or crossroads near the town you know. Quoted report text is NOAA’s, with abbreviations and capital letters cleaned up. Dollar figures are NOAA’s damage estimates, filled in on only some records, so treat them as a floor, and a few, like the Ida flood estimate filed under Westchester, cover the whole county.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, detail files 2016 to 2026.
The storms behind the numbers
Six storm days Hudson Valley roofs still remember
Most storm days here put a few trees across a road. A handful each decade level a whole stretch of woods, wash out a highway or bury the valley under close to two feet of snow. These are the ones from the last ten years that stand out in the record.
We pulled every storm record NOAA keeps for the counties and forecast zones our towns sit in, then sorted them by day. Two patterns stand out. Thunderstorm wind is the steady one: 829 reports on 125 days, and most of them describe a tree or a limb coming down. Water is the bursty one: 199 flood reports fell on just 53 days, so when a big rain arrives it floods roads in many towns at once.
The other pattern is that storm season never really closes here. July alone carried 385 reports, the summer peak of thunderstorm wind and flash floods. Then the cold months take over, with 163 high and strong wind records on 81 days, mostly October through April, and 94 winter storm, heavy snow, blizzard and ice storm records on 33 days. That is why we push for a fall cleaning before the freeze and a spring check after the snow.
Tropical systems bring their own trouble. NOAA logged tropical storm records in Orange, Putnam and northern Westchester during Isaias on August 4, 2020, and Dutchess and Ulster logged high wind that day, with trees and wires down in Wappinger. A year later the remnants of Ida dropped 3 to 7 inches of rain on Ulster and Dutchess, and NOAA filed it as flash flooding.
The storm days, one by one
| Date | What NOAA logged | Where it hit hardest |
|---|---|---|
| March 14, 2017 | A blizzard: NOAA logged blizzard conditions in four of our counties, with 16 to 24 inches of snow reported in Orange and 14 to 21 inches in Putnam | Orange and Putnam, with blizzard records in Dutchess and Ulster and 11 to 15 inches in northern Westchester |
| May 15, 2018 | 55 reports in one day: 44 wind and 11 hail. A macroburst NOAA put at up to 105 mph uprooted hundreds of trees along I-84, and an EF1 tornado touched down near Saugerties | All five, worst in southern Dutchess and in Newburgh, where roofs blew off |
| September 1, 2021 | Ida’s remnants: 3 to 7 inches of rain, 35 roads damaged or closed in southern Dutchess, federal major disaster declared | Dutchess, plus Orange, Ulster and northern Westchester |
| July 9, 2023 | 47 flood reports, the most of any day in the ten years, with rain at 2 to 3 inches an hour at times. Route 9W washed out between Fort Montgomery and Highland Falls | Orange with 30 reports, plus all four other counties |
| December 18, 2023 | A coastal storm with 2 to 5 inches of rain, 29 flood reports and high wind in all five counties | Ulster, where the Esopus Creek flooded Saugerties and streets closed across Kingston |
| February 15, 2025 | Freezing rain: 0.52 inches of ice at the Montgomery airport, about half an inch at Poughkeepsie, branches down in Chester | Orange and Putnam counties |
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, detail files 2016 to 2025, counted by day across Dutchess, Ulster, Orange and Putnam counties and northern Westchester. Rain, snow and ice amounts are as NOAA lists them in each record.
Was your street in one of these? Call (845) 223-6111
Book a Free Post-Storm CheckSnow, ice and your gutters
What a Hudson Valley winter does to a gutter system
Snow seldom tears a gutter down in one night. It does slow damage that shows up in March as a sagging run, a split seam or a steady drip at the corner.
NOAA logged 94 winter storm, heavy snow, blizzard and ice storm records in our counties over ten years. Wet snow is heavy, and when it slides off the roof or settles into a trough still full of fall leaves, all that weight hangs on the hangers. Ice loads the front lip the same way: on February 15, 2025, the Montgomery airport station measured more than half an inch of it.
Freeze and thaw finish the job. Meltwater that cannot drain from a packed trough refreezes overnight, and water that freezes inside a clogged downspout can split it. A hanger screwed into solid wood holds through all of that, while a spike in soft fascia loosens a little more each winter. Summer hail adds dents on top: 51 of the 70 hail reports here were 1 inch or bigger, the size the National Weather Service calls severe.
What we check after a hard winter
| What you see | What it can mean | What we usually do |
|---|---|---|
| A run that sags between hangers | Snow or ice weight pulled hangers loose, so the run now holds water | Rehang it into solid wood and reset the slope |
| Split or crushed downspouts | Water froze inside, or hail or a limb crushed it, so it backs up | Swap the bad section and run water down the full drop |
| Drips at corners and end caps | Freeze and thaw worked the seams open over the winter | Reseal or rebuild the joint |
| Bent or lifted guards | Sliding snow or a limb lifted the guard, so leaves get under it | Seat the guard again or swap it, and pull out the debris |
| Frozen leaves at the outlets | Fall leaves left in the trough froze in place and plug the outlets | Hand-clean the trough, then flush each outlet and elbow |
Seamless runs help here. Gutters formed on site in one piece are joined only at corners and end caps, so freeze and thaw have fewer joints to work open. If your guards came out of winter bent, our crews check BroGuard fine metal mesh and any other guard the same way, one section at a time.
Sources: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, winter and hail records 2016 to 2025; National Weather Service severe thunderstorm criteria.
Wind, trees and your roofline
In the Hudson Valley, wind damage usually means a tree
Go through the NOAA wind reports for our five counties and a few words repeat on almost every line: tree down, wires down, tree on a house. That is how wind reaches gutters here.
Thunderstorm wind is the most common report in every county in our lookup, led by Ulster at 287 and Dutchess at 275. Most of those reports were filed because someone saw trees or wires come down, and the National Weather Service estimated the gust from the damage. Under the tall oaks, maples and pines that shade so many Hudson Valley yards, a gust that barely bends a hayfield sends limbs onto rooflines.
A falling limb is the biggest single threat to a gutter. It can crush a run flat, rip hangers out of the fascia or fold a downspout off the wall. The quieter damage is easier to miss. A run that took a glancing blow can look fine from the driveway with two hangers pulled loose and the pitch gone, so it holds water, and in January that water turns to ice.
Wind here does not need a thunderstorm. Nor’easters and strong fronts add 163 high and strong wind records on 81 days. When a cold front came through early on Christmas Day 2020, a 68 mph gust was measured at Bannerman Island and 71 mph in Somers.
After a wind storm, look for these
- A run that dips between hangers or leans off the fascia
- Hangers or spikes backed partway out of the wood
- Downspouts knocked off the wall or off their extensions
- Twigs, leaves and broken limbs packed into the trough
- Water spilling behind the gutter during the next rain
- Fascia that is split, cracked or soft where a limb struck
If the storm tore the gutter off rotted wood, we can replace the fascia board first, then hang the gutter back up. If it only needs to be rehung and re-pitched, that is a gutter repair, and you see the price in writing before anyone starts work.
Sources: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: thunderstorm wind, 2016 to 2025; high wind records for Dutchess and northern Westchester (December 25, 2020) and the May 15, 2018 episode report; National Weather Service severe thunderstorm criteria.
After the storm
A safe walk-around, then a free gutter check
Ten minutes on the ground tells you a lot. Leave the ladder alone until the roof is dry, the ice is gone and the power lines are clear.
- Keep clear of wires and limbsAssume every downed wire is live, and stay clear of limbs resting on the roof or caught in the gutters.
- Walk the house from the groundFollow each run for sags, gaps and dents, and check each downspout for kinks or joints that came apart.
- Take dated photosShoot every side of the house and anything that looks wrong, so you have a record of what the storm did.
- Watch the next thawWater pouring over the front, dripping at corners or running behind the gutter shows you where the damage is.
- Check where the water landsEvery downspout should still drop onto its extension or into its drain line, never right at the basement wall.
- Book the free checkOne of our crew checks the roofline, runs water through each downspout and writes an estimate only if a repair is needed.
Flash floods make that last check count. A downspout blown off by wind, or buried in a snowbank, sends a whole roof’s worth of water to the foundation, and in a 2 inch an hour downpour that is how a basement starts taking water. If your downspouts feed buried lines, ask us to check those too with our underground drainage service, since storm leaves and grit can plug a pipe you never see.
Want to get ahead of the next big coastal storm instead of cleaning up after it? Read our Nor’easter Gutter Prep guide for what to clean, fasten and test on a Hudson Valley home before the storm hits.
Storm came through your town? Call (845) 223-6111
Book a Free Post-Storm CheckStorm Check Questions, Answered
Every number comes from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information Storm Events Database. We downloaded the detail files for 2016 through 2025 and counted the wind, winter, hail and flood records for each county ourselves, record by record, so the totals trace straight back to NOAA’s files.
Our crews serve the northern part of Westchester, so for county records we count only reports that start at 41.15 degrees north or above, a line just south of Ossining. High wind and winter records are filed by forecast zone, and for those we use NOAA’s Northern Westchester zone.
They can. Wet snow and ice add weight at the front of the gutter, and the hangers carry all of it. A system fastened into solid wood and cleared of leaves before winter usually comes through fine. One held by loose spikes, with a trough full of frozen leaves, is the one that sags or pulls away by spring.
All year, in different forms. July carried 385 reports in our counties from 2016 to 2025, mostly thunderstorm wind and flash floods, while high wind and winter storm records cluster from late fall into early spring. Heavy rain can come any month, as Ida’s remnants in September 2021 and the December 2023 coastal storm showed.
That depends on what the storm did. A crushed downspout piece, an opened corner seam or a few pulled hangers are usually repairs. Long runs with a bent lip, or low spots that hold water and ice, are often better replaced with a new seamless section. A Solutionist will tell you which in writing before any work begins.
One of our crew checks the whole roofline, every run, seam, hanger and guard, then runs water through the downspouts to confirm they still drain. You hear what we found, and if something needs work you get a free written estimate. If nothing does, we say so.
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Hudson Valley communities we serve
Every community on this list is inside our service area and gets the same local crew, seamless gutters formed on site and free written estimates. Call (845) 223-6111 or request a free quote and a Solutionist will come out.
- Poughkeepsie
- Hyde Park
- Rhinebeck
- Red Hook
- Millbrook
- Pleasant Valley
- Wappingers Falls
- Fishkill
- Beacon
- Hopewell Junction
- Pawling
- Kingston
- Saugerties
- New Paltz
- Highland
- Woodstock
- Newburgh
- New Windsor
- Cornwall
- Montgomery
- Walden
- Goshen
- Monroe
- Chester
- Middletown
- Carmel
- Mahopac
- Brewster
- Cold Spring
- Peekskill
- Yorktown Heights
- Mount Kisco
- Ossining
- Hudson
- Catskill
- Amawalk
- Armonk
- Baldwin Place
- Bedford
- Bedford Hills
- Briarcliff Manor
- Buchanan
- Chappaqua
- Crompond
- Cross River
- Croton Falls
- Croton On Hudson
- Elmsford
- Garrison
- Goldens Bridge
- Granite Springs
- Hawthorne
- Jefferson Valley
- Katonah
- Lake Peekskill
- Millwood
- Mohegan Lake
- Montrose
- North Salem
- Cortlandt Manor
- Pleasantville
- Pound Ridge
- Purchase
- Purdys
- Putnam Valley
- Shrub Oak
- Somers
- South Salem
- Tarrytown
- Thornwood
- Valhalla
- Verplanck
- Waccabuc
- White Plains
- West Harrison
- Bear Mountain
- Blooming Grove
- Campbell Hall
- Central Valley
- Circleville
- Fort Montgomery
- Harriman
- Highland Falls
- Highland Mills
- Howells
- Mountainville
- New Hampton
- Slate Hill
- Thompson Ridge
- Tomkins Cove
- Washingtonville
- West Point
- Athens
- Stottville
- Accord
- Bloomington
- Connelly
- Cottekill
- Esopus
- High Falls
- Hurley
- Kerhonkson
- Lake Katrine
- Mount Marion
- Port Ewen
- Rifton
- Rosendale
- Stone Ridge
- Tillson
- Ulster Park
- West Hurley
- West Park
- Amenia
- Ancram
- Ancramdale
- Annandale On Hudson
- Barrytown
- Castle Point
- Chelsea
- Claverack
- Clinton Corners
- Clintondale
- Copake
- Copake Falls
- Cornwall On Hudson
- Craryville
- Dover Plains
- Elizaville
- Gardiner
- Germantown
- Hillsdale
- Hollowville
- Holmes
- Lagrangeville
- Marlboro
- Maybrook
- Millerton
- Milton
- Modena
- Patterson
- Pine Bush
- Pine Plains
- Poughquag
- Rock Tavern
- Salisbury Mills
- Salt Point
- Staatsburg
- Stanfordville
- Stormville
- Tivoli
- Verbank
- Wallkill
- Wassaic
- Wingdale
- Bloomingburg
Free post-storm check
Did the last storm or freeze leave its mark on your gutters?
Book a free, no-pressure post-storm check. A Solutionist from our Poughkeepsie team will look over the whole system, test every downspout and give you a straight answer on what the storm, snow or ice actually did.
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