Tree removal in Peekskill, NY

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged one storm report near Peekskill that mention trees, limbs or branches. It is dated July 22, 2019. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 10,810 households live in Peekskill. About a third of the homes are detached houses and about six in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1963. With most homes attached or in apartment buildings, many trees here stand on shared, association or public land, and whoever owns that land arranges the work.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 5 miles from Peekskill, averages 136 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 48 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 Westchester County, among them Consolidated Edison Co-NY Inc and New York State Elec & Gas Corp.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024