Hail, Allegheny
- When
- July 23, 12:20 PM CST
- Where
- Allegheny County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -80.180
Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 23, 1962
4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- July 23, 1:38 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.200, -79.080
Hail, Erie
- When
- July 23, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Erie County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.080, -80.180
Hail, Westmoreland
- When
- July 23, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Westmoreland County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.280, -79.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Northampton
- When
- July 23, 6:23 PM CST
- Where
- Northampton County
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -75.400
Hail,
- When
- July 23, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -77.500
Thunderstorm Wind, York
- When
- July 23, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- York County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.000, -76.500
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail in West Virginia, July 23, 1962
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 23, 1962
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 23, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 23, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 23, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 23, 1962
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 23, 1962
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 23, 1962
- Hail in Minnesota, July 23, 1962
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, July 23, 1962
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10115571, 10115572, 10115573, 10115574, 10115575, 10115576, 10115577.