Severe Weather
New York experiences an average of ten tornadoes per year, with one tornado every five years considered strong or violent. The return period for hurricane impacts on the state is 18–19 years, with major hurricane return periods between 70–74 years.
Read more about this topic: Climate Of New York
Famous quotes containing the words severe and/or weather:
“A good short story is a work of art which daunts us in proportion to its brevity.... No inspiration is too noble for it; no amount of hard work is too severe for it.”
—Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844–1911)
“We can not weather all this gold.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)