Hurricanes in New York - 1800–99

1800–99

• October 9, 1804 — Heavy snow falls in Eastern New York peaking at 30 inches (75 cm) as a hurricane tracks northward along the East Coast and becomes extratropical, as cold air fed into the system.
• September 5, 1815 — A hurricane tracks over North Carolina and parallels the East Coast before producing a heavy rainstorm in New York.
• September 24, 1815 — Several hundred trees fall and the majority of the fruit was stripped off apple trees just prior to harvesting time after a hurricane makes landfall on Long Island.
• September 16, 1816 — A possible hurricane strikes New York City, but damage remains unknown.
• August 9, 1817 — A tropical storm produces heavy rainfall in New York City and Long Island.
• September 3, 1821 — The 1821 Norfolk and Long Island hurricane results in severe damage on Long Island and is accompanied by storm surge of 13 feet (4 m). High wind causes a ship to crash on Long Island killing 17 people.
• June 4, 1825 — A hurricane moves off the East Coast and tracks south of New York causing several ship wrecks, and killing seven people.
• August 27, 1827 — High tides are reported in New York City which are caused by a hurricane offshore.
• August 1, 1830 – A hurricane passes to the east of New York and produces gale-force winds to New York City and Long Island.
• October 4, 1841 — Gale–force winds affect New York City as a hurricane tracks north along the East Coast of the United States. Damage is estimated at $2 million (1841 USD, $41 million 2007 USD).

• October 13, 1846 — The Great Havana Hurricane of 1846 tracks inland, causing some damage to New York City.
• October 6, 1849 — Severe structural damage occurs in New York City and Long Island with the passage of a hurricane to the east.
• July 19, 1850 — A hurricane destroys a Coney Island bath house and causes heavy rain, although damage is unknown. This storm destroyed the ship Elizabeth off Fire Island and drowned American transcendentalist Margaret Fuller.
• August 24, 1850 — A storm that is reported to be a hurricane affects New York and New England although there is no known damage.
• September 9, 1854 — A hurricane brushes the East Coast from Florida to New England causing rain on Long Island.
• September 16, 1858 — Low barometric pressure of 28.87 inches mercury at Sag Harbor is reported, and is thought to be associated with a tropical cyclone which causes no known damage.
• September 6, 1869 — A category 3 hurricane makes landfall in Rhode Island and brushes Long Island, which is affected by rain, although minimal damage resulted from the storm.
• October 28, 1872 — A tropical storm passes over New York City and Long Island.
• October 1, 1874 — New York City and the Hudson Valley receives rainfall after a minimal tropical storm tracked over Eastern New York.
• September 19, 1876 — The remnants of the San Felipe hurricane track over western New York State, although damage is unknown.
• October 24, 1878 — The state is affected by tropical storm-force winds and heavy rain with the passage of a hurricane, which made landfall in Virginia.
• August 22, 1888 — A tropical storm tracks over New York City before tracking north along the East Coast of the United States.
• August 24, 1893 — Hog Island is washed away by strong storm surge associated with a tropical storm of unknown strength. According to HURDAT, this was a Category 1 hurricane that struck the western end of the Rockaway Peninsula, passing through Brooklyn as a weakening hurricane. Manhattan Island saw gale force winds to 56 mph.
• October 10, 1894 10 People were killed and 15 injured at 74 Monroe Street in Manhattan when winds blew a building under construction onto a tenement crushing it. Extensive damage in the NYC and Long Island to telegraph lines, trees and boats docked on shore. Storm formed over Gulf of Mexico as a Category 3 weakened over land in the Southeast and re strengthened to a Category 1 over the Chesapeake Bay before striking Long Island.