Fantom X Posted July 2, 2019 Hi All- can anyone present a link in NYC tornado trends in the last 50-100 years? I'm debating with someone who claims NYC never had tornadoes until recently (which I know is not true) but it is hard to find data out there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NycStormChaser Posted July 2, 2019 I'm away from my computer until later this evening but if you go to the Upton nws website there is a database. You input the date range and you should find what you are looking for. If not, I can help later tonight. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fantom X Posted July 2, 2019 Thanks- that page is super confusing but haven't been able to locate the exact page to look it up. If you don't mind-i do appreciate it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fantom X Posted July 2, 2019 actually - i figured it out - thanks again! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fantom X Posted July 2, 2019 so according to the data, the first reported Tornado in NYC is 1985? So no tornadoes were ever reported in NYC prior to 1985? I find that hard to believe. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormlover74 Posted July 2, 2019 30 minutes ago, Fantom X said: so according to the data, the first reported Tornado in NYC is 1985? So no tornadoes were ever reported in NYC prior to 1985? I find that hard to believe. I found this site last week. Not sure how accurate it is but it shows data back to 1952 http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/New-York/map 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NycStormChaser Posted July 2, 2019 so according to the data, the first reported Tornado in NYC is 1985? So no tornadoes were ever reported in NYC prior to 1985? I find that hard to believe. I will do some more research tonight but I believe there were more. Pre 1985 it may have just not been reported. That's what happening with the whole tornado alley moving east thing. There's always been tornadoes but more people are out there spotting and chasing so they can confirm visually. 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TriPol Posted July 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Fantom X said: so according to the data, the first reported Tornado in NYC is 1985? So no tornadoes were ever reported in NYC prior to 1985? I find that hard to believe. There is a famous photograph of a tornado near the statue of liberty from 1976. 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NycStormChaser Posted July 2, 2019 I found this spreadsheet. Every single tornado between 1950 and 2017 across the united states. https://www.spc.noaa.gov/wcm/data/1950-2017_all_tornadoes.csv I found it on this page https://www.spc.noaa.gov/wcm/#data 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
uncle W Posted July 2, 2019 I found a few storms that happened over 100 years ago...I'll post the account of it when I find them... 8/6/1899 https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/50386991/ 1925 storm... https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/59904703/ https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/59904782 tornado hits Staten Island in 1990... http://community.sea...11&slug=1087247 1 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
