Tree removal in Kingston, NY

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 9 storm reports near Kingston that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 24, 2022; July 13, 2022; and July 3, 2020. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 69 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 9,950 households live in Kingston. About four in ten homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1940. 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 7 miles from Kingston, averages 185 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 97 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 Ulster County, among them Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp and New York State Elec & Gas Corp.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024