Storms in Pennsylvania in 1979

80 events in 24 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania in 1979, 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 1979 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

Open the live radar over Pennsylvania

The year

Events: 80
Deaths: 1
Injuries: 5
Damage: $3.0 million
Episodes: 24

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	51	0	0
Hail	15	0	0
Tornado	14	1	5	$3.0 million

Every episode, month by month

April 1979

Tornado in Pennsylvania, April 2, 1979$25,000 · F1 · 1 event

May 1979

June 1979

July 1979

August 1979

September 1979

October 1979

November 1979

Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, November 26, 1979$30,000 · F1 · 11 events

Every year in Pennsylvania Every state in 1979 Tornadoes in Pennsylvania in 1979 1978 1980

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.