Hail and tornadoes in Queens County, NY
Since December 2020, radar estimated hail somewhere in Queens County, NY on 5 days. The biggest estimate: 1 in or larger (quarter), on Thu, Jul 21, 2022. Hail was reported to the National Weather Service inside the county on 1 day.
Still loading: radar estimates go back to Wed, Oct 14, 2020, and the earlier years are being added.
Radar estimates are NOAA's MESH: the largest hail the radar estimates aloft, on cells about 0.7 mile across, shown as the lower bound of a size band (“1.5+”). They often run larger than what reached the ground, and they aren't evidence of damage at any address.
Hail on record since 1955
NOAA's Storm Events database lists 24 hail reports in Queens County, NY on 16 days, 2 of them 2 inches or larger. The largest: 2.75 in, near Bayside, on Mon, Aug 1, 2011.
By decade: 1990s: 1 · 2000s: 13 · 2010s: 7 · 2020s: 3
Tornadoes since 1950
4 tornadoes have touched Queens County, NY since 1950, none of them rated F3/EF3 or stronger. They killed 2 and injured 1.
Every one
- Thu, Aug 2, 2018 · EF0 · 0.75 mi long, 100 yd wide · near College Pt
- Sat, Sep 8, 2012 · EF0 · 0.98 mi long, 50 yd wide · near Rockaway Beach
- Sun, Aug 28, 2011 · EF0 · 1 mi long, 220 yd wide · near Hollis
- Thu, Sep 16, 2010 · EF1 · 4 mi long, 100 yd wide · near Flushing · 2 deaths, 1 injury
By decade: 2010s: 4
Still loading: NOAA's record goes back to 1950, and 1995 onward is in so far.
Every hail day since December 2020
- Wed, Jun 26, 2024
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Mon, Jul 25, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Thu, Jul 21, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported in the county.
- Sun, Jul 17, 2022
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
- Fri, Jun 4, 2021Reported in the county
- 1.5 in (ASTORIA, NY)
- Mon, Jan 25, 2021
Radar estimate anywhere in the county: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported in the county.
Radar estimates and reports are for anywhere inside the county's boundary. Radar estimates come from NOAA's MRMS estimated hail size (MESH), the largest hail the radar estimates aloft on a ~1 km grid. They often run larger than the hail that reached the ground, and they aren't an observation at any address. Reports are what people reported to the National Weather Service. Neither is proof of damage or an official record for an insurance claim. From NOAA's Storm Events Database (NCEI), which records tornadoes from 1950, hail and thunderstorm wind from 1955, and every kind of storm from 1996. A tornado that crossed county lines is counted in each county it touched. Recent months are added as NCEI publishes them, a few months behind. Damage is in the dollars of its year and is often an estimate.