Storms in Pennsylvania in 1978
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania in 1978, 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 1978 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
- 81
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 31
- Damage
- $1.4 million
- Episodes
- 21
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 | 53 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 18 | 1 | 31 | $1.4 million |
| Hail | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
May 1978
June 1978
- Hail in Pennsylvania, June 2, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 5, 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 7, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 12, 1978
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, June 16, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 18, 1978
- Hail in Pennsylvania, June 19, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 21, 1978
- Hail in Pennsylvania, June 26, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 27, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 29, 1978
July 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 10, 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 23, 1978
August 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 7, 1978
- Hail in Pennsylvania, August 11, 1978
- Tornadoes in Pennsylvania, August 28, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 29, 1978
September 1978
More
Every year in PennsylvaniaEvery state in 1978Tornadoes in Pennsylvania in 197819771979
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.