Tornado and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 16, 1966

Deaths

0

Injuries

1

Property damage

$25,000

Crop damage

None recorded

Events

2

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.

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.

Tornado

A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

• Tornado in North Carolina, August 16, 1966$250,000 · F1 · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 16, 196655 kt wind · 3 events
• Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 16, 196650 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 16, 19661 event
• Hail in New Jersey, August 16, 19661.75 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 16, 196650 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Idaho, August 16, 196661 kt wind · 1 event

Every storm in Pennsylvania in 1966Every state in 1966This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Pennsylvania, 1966

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: 10115836, 10115837.