Storms in Pennsylvania in 1968
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania in 1968, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Pennsylvania in 1968 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 62
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $553,000
- Episodes
- 26
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.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 55 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 5 | 0 | 1 | $553,000 |
| Hail | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1968
May 1968
June 1968
- Hail in Pennsylvania, June 3, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 12, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 17, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 19, 1968
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, June 25, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 29, 1968
July 1968
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 1, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 6, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 12, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 13, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 22, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 23, 1968
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 24, 1968
August 1968
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 1, 1968
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, August 4, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 6, 1968
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 19, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 24, 1968
September 1968
October 1968
November 1968
December 1968
More
Every year in PennsylvaniaEvery state in 1968Tornadoes in Pennsylvania in 196819671969
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.