Tree removal in Ithaca, NY

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 16 storm reports near Ithaca that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 7, 2025; July 3, 2025; and July 24, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 69 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 13,840 households live in Ithaca. About three in ten homes are detached houses and about three in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1959. With that many rentals, a tree at a rented home usually goes to the landlord or property manager first; the lease generally says who arranges and pays for tree work.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 3 miles from Ithaca, averages 148 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 65 at or below 20°F.

Ice, snow and broken limbs

Source: NOAA Climate Normals

Call the electric utility first and treat the line as live. EIA lists 2 electric utilities with service territory in Tompkins County, among them New York State Elec & Gas Corp and Village of Groton.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024