Storms in Pennsylvania in 1973
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania in 1973, 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 1973 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
- 95
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 4
- Damage
- $655,000
- Episodes
- 34
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 | 70 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 12 | 0 | 4 | $655,000 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1973
April 1973
May 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 10, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 28, 1973
June 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 3, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 4, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 5, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 6, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 12, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 23, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 24, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 28, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 29, 1973
July 1973
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 4, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 10, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 28, 1973
August 1973
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 7, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 9, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 10, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 17, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 18, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 19, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 27, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 31, 1973
September 1973
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, September 1, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, September 2, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, September 3, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, September 4, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, September 5, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, September 22, 1973
October 1973
November 1973
More
Every year in PennsylvaniaEvery state in 1973Tornadoes in Pennsylvania in 197319721974
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.