NOAA STORM EVENTS · COMPLETE YEARS 2016–2025HISTORICAL REPORTS, NOT A FORECAST OR RISK SCORE
STORM EVENTLEDGERCOUNTY REPORTS · SEASONALITY · IMPACT
EVENT FILE / 36091MINIMUM 5 REPORTS

SARATOGA · NY

Lightning history

NOAA records coded as Lightning in Saratoga during the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.

Reports8NOAA county-coded rows
Population context3.4per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 238,284
Injuries0direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
Not a probability

8 reports in ten years does not mean a 0.8-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.

01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR

How the record changed

20161
20181
20211
20222
20232
20241
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES

Impact fields on these rows

Damage estimates are nominal values as filed by the reporting source and retained by NOAA.

Property damage$357Knot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$2Knot inflation-adjusted
First report year2,016within selected window
Latest report year2,024within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE

Latest records in this slice

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DateEvent IDSourceMagnitude / scaleFiled damage
2024-04-30NOAA 1,177,080Broadcast Media$42K
2023-08-04NOAA 1,131,960Law Enforcement$1K
2023-07-09NOAA 1,122,000Trained Spotter$40K
2022-08-30NOAA 1,052,716Newspaper$40K
2022-08-30NOAA 1,052,715Newspaper$200K
2021-06-21NOAA 967,116Emergency Manager$20K
2018-08-17NOAA 781,820Broadcast Media$1K
2016-08-13NOAA 654,599Newspaper$15K
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