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Highest risk cities in New York

Highest lightning risk cities in New York

Ranked city list for thunderstorm frequency, based on 974/974 eligible cities evaluated. Open any city to view local risk details and live outlook context.

P85-based state reference

Lightning score

26/100

Updated Tue, Sep 22, 2:03 AM.

974/974 eligible cities evaluated

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Ranked cities

Top 25 cities by lightning score from 974 evaluated locations.

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#1

Blasdell, NY

6 points above the state reference

#2

Buffalo, NY

6 points above the state reference

#3

Eggertsville, NY

6 points above the state reference

#4

Grandyle Village, NY

6 points above the state reference

#5

Highland-on-the-Lake, NY

6 points above the state reference

#6

Kenmore, NY

6 points above the state reference

#7

Lackawanna, NY

6 points above the state reference

#8

Niagara Falls, NY

6 points above the state reference

#9

Niagara University, NY

6 points above the state reference

#10

Olcott, NY

6 points above the state reference

#11

Ransomville, NY

6 points above the state reference

#12

Sloan, NY

6 points above the state reference

#13

Wanakah, NY

6 points above the state reference

#14

Youngstown, NY

6 points above the state reference

#15

Depew, NY

5 points above the state reference

#16

North Boston, NY

5 points above the state reference

#17

North Tonawanda, NY

5 points above the state reference

#18

Sanborn, NY

5 points above the state reference

#19

Tonawanda, NY

5 points above the state reference

#20

University at Buffalo, NY

5 points above the state reference

#21

Williamsville, NY

5 points above the state reference

#22

Angola, NY

4 points above the state reference

#23

Angola on the Lake, NY

4 points above the state reference

#24

Billington Heights, NY

4 points above the state reference

#25

East Aurora, NY

4 points above the state reference

How this ranking works

Rankings use HomeRiskIQ weather risk data across974/974 eligible cities evaluated.

Scores are normalized to a 0-100 scale. The state benchmark is a p85-based state reference, not an arithmetic average.

City entries link to hazard-specific pages where available, otherwise to the city overview.