Schoharie County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Schoharie County: 0.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Mapped landslides

Mapped by NASA (2), USGS Conterminous (1).

1. Landslides mapped in the USGS compilation of landslide inventories across the United States (version 3.0, 2025), rated probable or better. The compilation joins inventories made by federal and state agencies for different purposes and areas, so the number mapped in a county reflects how closely it has been surveyed as much as how often its slopes fail. An area with few records may simply not have been mapped. Deaths are as recorded in the inventories; a slide listed in two inventories is counted once.

USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0, retrieved October 27, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Jan 19, 1996Flood, Schoharie$12.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   An intense area of low pressure which was located over the Mid-Atlantic region on Friday morning January 19th produced unseasonably warm temperatures, high dewpoints and strong winds. This resulted in rapid melting of one to three feet of snow. In addition to the rapid snowmelt one to three inches of rain fell as the system moved northeast along the coast. This resulted in widespread flooding across Schoharie County and a record breaking flood on the Schoharie Creek. Federal Disaster Assistance was made available by presidential declaration. Village of Schoharie and Middleburgh saw the most severe flooding. Along the Schoharie Creek 55 single homes were destroyed, 125 suffered…

2. Jun 14, 2013Flash Flood$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Several roads throughout Middleburgh were closed or washed out due to flash flooding. Nearly 450 children at a school were stranded due to the flooding, as several small streams overflowed their banks. Much of Route 145 (Main Street) was closed. Debris clogged small streams and many basements had water in them.

3. Sep 16, 1999Flash Flood$850,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The remnants of Hurricane Floyd moved up the eastern seaboard on September 16 and during the early hours on September 17. The storm brought both high winds and exceptionally heavy rainfall to eastern New York, which included a large swath of 3 to 6 inch amounts. A frontal zone helped concentrate the heaviest rain just to the west of the Hudson Valley in the eastern Catskills and Helderbergs . Locally higher amounts of rainfall, exceeding a foot, fell in these areas. Specific rainfall amounts included 6.12 inches at Albany International Airport, the highest ever officially recorded from any given storm! Even higher amounts of rainfall included 8.15 inches in Delmar and 9 inches at…

4. Mar 31, 1997Winter Storm, Schoharie$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   On March 31 and April 1, a classic late season nor'easter tracked from the Chesapeake Bay area northeast to central coastal New Jersey then slowly out to sea. This system produced rain across much of eastern New York during the morning hours of March 31. The rain changed to heavy wet snow by early afternoon. Heavy snow fell over eastern New York from the Mohawk Valley southward. Snowfall amounts were highly elevation dependent. Snowfall exceeded 2 feet in many mountain locations. Some specific snowfall totals included: 15 inches at the Albany Airport, 26 inches at Berne in Albany County, 9 inches at Rotterdam in Schenectady County, 11 inches at Poestenkill in Rensselaer County, 10…

5. Sep 18, 2004Flood, Schoharie$400,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Schoharie Creek exceeded its flood stage of 1132.0', cresting at 1133.71' at 12:00 EST on 9/18/04 at the Gilboa Dam gage. The Schoharie Creek also exceeded its flood stage of 11.0', cresting at 14.02' at 14:00 EST on 9/18/04 at the Breakabeen gage. In addition, the Schoharie Creek exceeded its flood stage of 20.0', cresting at 22.25' at 11:15 EST on 9/18/04 at the Gilboa Bridge gage. The Manor Kill Creek exceeded its flood stage of 6.0', cresting at 6.31' at 11:00 EST on 9/18/04 at the Manor Kill gage.

6. Nov 9, 1996Flash Flood$150,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   From Friday morning November 8 to Saturday morning November 9, a slow moving low pressure system tracked from northern Pennsylvania to northern New York. This system dumped 4 inches of rain across much of Schoharie County between late Friday night and early Saturday morning. Flash flooding occurred in the Village of Cobleskill as the Cobleskill Creek flowed out of its banks. The mayor declared a state of emergency on Saturday morning, as many roads were flooded and closed. Routes 7, 10 and 145 were closed through the morning hours. West Street and upper Quarry Street were also damaged from the flood waters.

7. Jan 27, 1996Flood, Schoharie$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A low pressure system over the upper Great Lakes produced a general rainfall of one to two inches across eastern New York with up to three inches over parts of the Catskills. This amount of rainfall on already saturated soil caused minor flooding along the Schoharie Creek.

8. Jul 3, 1997Thunderstorm Wind$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   On July 3, a fast moving cold front crossed eastern New York during the afternoon and evening hours. The front initiated many severe thunderstorms and three tornadoes in Columbia County. In Columbia County near Copake Lake, an F1 tornado produced minor damage to two houses, scattered parts of a barn across county highway 7A and downed many trees and wires. In Columbia County near Canaan, two tornadoes produced extensive damage. The F1 tornado formed just southwest of Beebe Pond, moved northeast and terminated near the intersection of state routes 295 and 22. The tornado damaged several residences and moved a car port. The F2 tornado initiated near the intersection of state routes…

9. Aug 13, 1999Thunderstorm Wind$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Scattered thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front on the evening of August 13. One of the cells developed into a super cell as it moved into the extreme eastern portion of the Mohawk Valley. The super cell then headed east into northern portions of the Capital District. This cell was responsible for a considerable amount of damage along a path bounded on the south side by Interstate 88 and the NYS Thruway. Some of the more significant damage from the storm, included trees and power lines falling onto to homes in Esperance Schoharie County destroying a couple of outbuildings. In Delanson, Schenectady County a front porch was ripped off a house. In Brunswick, Rensselaer…

10. Nov 9, 1996Flash Flood$100,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    From Friday morning November 8 to Saturday morning November 9, a slow moving low pressure system tracked from northern Pennsylvania to northern New York. This system dumped 4 inches of rain across much of Schoharie County between late Friday night and early Saturday morning. Flash flooding occurred in the Village of Esperance. A state of emergency was declared Saturday morning as several town roads were washed out.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

98°FAug 10, 2001

All-time low

−26°FJan 27, 1994

Warmest night

80°FAug 13, 2005

Coldest day

0°FJan 15, 2004

Wettest day

4.97 inSep 17, 1999

Snowiest day

29.0 inFeb 14, 2007

Hottest year

1998mean 50.8°F

Coldest year

2014mean 43.8°F

Wettest year

201157.37 in

Driest year

200126.76 in

Snowiest season

86.8 in1993-94

Station Lansing Manor (USC00304575), 1,110 ft elevation, 13.6 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1985 to October 26, 2026; 86.5% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00304575.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Landslides USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0 (2025).
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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