Storms in Pennsylvania in 1970
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania in 1970, 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 1970 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
- 106
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 10
- Damage
- $5.9 million
- Episodes
- 36
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 | 80 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 12 | 1 | 10 | $5.9 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1970
April 1970
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, April 2, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, April 9, 1970
- Hail in Pennsylvania, April 30, 1970
May 1970
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 10, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 13, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 23, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 24, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 25, 1970
June 1970
- Hail in Pennsylvania, June 5, 1970
- Hail in Pennsylvania, June 9, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 12, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 17, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 18, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 26, 1970
July 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 2, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 3, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 4, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 8, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 10, 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 15, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 20, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 26, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 29, 1970
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, July 31, 1970
August 1970
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 1, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 19, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 20, 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 30, 1970
September 1970
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, September 3, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, September 10, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, September 15, 1970
November 1970
December 1970
More
Every year in PennsylvaniaEvery state in 1970Tornadoes in Pennsylvania in 197019691971
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.