This directory holds six roofing listings for Elmira, New York. None of them has a Google rating matched to it yet, so what follows is contact detail rather than reputation data.
All of them are recorded in Chemung County. Roofing permits and inspections are issued locally rather than by the state, so a re-roof in Elmira goes through Chemung County or the municipality's own building department, whichever holds jurisdiction at the property.
Hiring a roofer in Elmira: what this page knows
New York issues no roofing license, so in Elmira the city or county's own registration and permit rules are the ones that apply; the New York roofing license rules cover what the state does and does not regulate.
New York's peak severe-weather season: May–August for severe, November–March for winter. The New York storm center lists any National Weather Service alert active right now. NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 78 severe-weather events for Chemung County between 2016 and 2026 — the county the listings on this page put Elmira in. The most recent event meeting the dataset's severity definition was a hail report measuring 1.00 in (Quarter - Half Dollar) on July 6, 2020.
We have not modeled a cost index for Elmira. The national baseline puts a full roof replacement at $5,625–$27,000 and a repair at $250–$3,500; local labor, permit fees and access move both.
All Listings in Elmira
6 listings
Licensing for roofers working in Elmira
No state license is required to roof a house in New York; city or county licensing usually still applies. The state leaves the roofing specialty to local government.
In practice that makes the local layer the one that matters in Elmira: a business license or contractor registration where the jurisdiction requires one, plus a permit and an inspection through Chemung County or the city for the work itself.
Source: official New York guidance. Checked August 2026. Licensing rules change — verify before you sign anything.
What roofing work costs
We have not modeled a cost index for Elmira, so there is no Elmira figure here. These are the national baseline bands, unadjusted.
National reference bands, not quotes and not local numbers. Local labor rates, permit fees and access all move them.
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Storm history in Chemung County
Elmira has no weather record of its own — NOAA records severe weather against counties, and the listings on this page put Elmira in Chemung County. These are weather records for the whole county, not an assessment of any building in Elmira.
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 78 severe-weather events recorded against Chemung County between 2016 and 2026: 70 thunderstorm wind events and 8 hail reports.
Of the eight hail reports, five measured 1.00 in across or larger and three measured under an inch. The largest on record is 1.50 in (Ping Pong Ball) on August 18, 2019.
The strongest wind gust in the record is 60 kt (about 69 mph), an estimated gust, on May 1, 2017.
The busiest complete year in the record is 2019, with 17 events. The most recent event meeting this dataset's severity definition is a hail report measuring 1.00 in (Quarter - Half Dollar) on July 6, 2020.
Events on record
78
2016–2026
Hail 1.00 in or larger
5
of 8 hail reports
Largest hail
1.50 in
Ping Pong Ball · August 18, 2019
Peak gust
60 kt
about 69 mph · May 1, 2017
Significant events
6
by this dataset's definition
Events recorded per year
- 2016
- 2
- 2017
- 4
- 2018
- 5
- 2019
- 17
- 2020
- 11
- 2021
- 7
- 2022
- 5
- 2023
- 4
- 2024
- 13
- 2025
- 10
- 2026*
- 0
* The most recent data year is partial. NOAA publishes storm reports on a rolling basis and the final months are still being processed, so a low count in the last year is not evidence of a quiet year. The curated archive behind these counts runs through May 31, 2026; anything later sits in the preliminary block below.
Notable events in the archive
- Apr 29, 2025 -- Thunderstorm Wind (50 kt gust) -- $75K property damage reported
- Aug 18, 2019 -- Hail (Ping Pong Ball hail, 1.50 in)
- May 3, 2018 -- Thunderstorm Wind (55 kt gust) -- $50K property damage reported
- May 1, 2017 -- Thunderstorm Wind (60 kt gust) -- $10K property damage reported
Selected by the dataset’s own rule rather than by editorial choice: the largest hail, the peak wind gust, the strongest tornado and the two costliest events by recorded property damage, deduplicated and newest first. Any dollar figure above is NOAA’s recorded estimate for that one event.
Preliminary — not yet in the permanent archive
3 preliminary storm reports have been filed for Chemung County since June 1, 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind events.
Preliminary reports covering 2026-05-31 onward come from National Weather Service storm reports filed as events occur. They have not yet been through the quality-control review that produces the permanent archive, and individual reports may later be revised, combined or withdrawn. NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.
What these counts cover. County figures count events NOAA recorded against a county (hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes). High wind, winter storms, ice storms, blizzards, heavy snow, hurricanes and tropical storms are recorded against National Weather Service forecast zones rather than counties, so they are reported at state level instead. Counts reflect events that were observed and reported.
“Significant” on this page means an event meeting any one of three tests: hail 1.00 in across or larger, a wind gust of 58 kt or more (the National Weather Service severe thunderstorm criterion), or any tornado. It is a severity definition used by this dataset and is not an official NOAA classification.
The damage figure. $452,400 is the sum of NOAA’s recorded property-damage estimates across every event in Chemung County over the period — a county total, not a figure for any one property, any one building or any one claim. NOAA records these figures as estimates made at the time of reporting. They are not adjusted for inflation, and they are frequently absent or zero — a zero means nothing was recorded, not that nothing was damaged.
Source. Archived figures come from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information Storm Events Database, covering 2016 through May 31, 2026. Anything after that date comes from NOAA Storm Prediction Center preliminary storm reports and is labelled preliminary wherever it appears. Both are US Government works in the public domain.
Roofing in Elmira, NY: questions answered from the data
How many roofing contractors are listed in Elmira, NY?
6 roofing listings are recorded at Elmira, New York addresses in this directory. The count is read from the directory's own database each time this page is rebuilt; a listing is a location record, and the list above shows one card per company.
Does New York require a roofing license?
No. New York issues no roofing license, so in Elmira the city or county's own registration and permit rules are the ones that apply; the New York roofing license rules cover what the state does and does not regulate.
How much does a roof replacement cost in Elmira?
We have not modeled a cost index for Elmira. The national baseline puts a full roof replacement at $5,625–$27,000 and a repair at $250–$3,500; local labor, permit fees and access move both. Nobody has priced your roof from this page; the only number worth planning around is a written quote from a contractor who has been on it.
When is storm season in Elmira?
New York's peak severe-weather season: May–August for severe, November–March for winter. The New York storm center lists any National Weather Service alert active right now. Season boundaries are National Weather Service climatology for the state, not a forecast for any one property.
What was the most recent severe storm recorded near Elmira?
In NOAA's record for Chemung County, the most recent event meeting this dataset's severity definition — hail 1.00 in or larger, a 58 kt gust, or any tornado — was a hail report measuring 1.00 in (Quarter - Half Dollar) on July 6, 2020. The Chemung County storm history on this page shows the full 2016–2026 record; it describes weather that happened, not the condition of any building.
Which county handles roofing permits in Elmira?
Every listing on this page is recorded in Chemung County. Roofing permits and inspections are issued locally rather than by the state, so a re-roof in Elmira goes through the county or the municipality's own building department, whichever holds jurisdiction at the property.