Storms in Pennsylvania in 1980
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania in 1980, 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 1980 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
- 137
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 142
- Damage
- $1.0 billion
- Episodes
- 31
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 | 88 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 20 | 0 | 142 | $1.0 billion |
Every episode, month by month
March 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, March 8, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, March 18, 1980
April 1980
May 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 6, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 11, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 12, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 13, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 30, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 31, 1980
June 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 3, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 7, 1980
- Tornadoes in Pennsylvania, June 9, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 15, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 28, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 29, 1980
July 1980
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 5, 1980
- Hail in Pennsylvania, July 7, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 8, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 11, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 16, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 17, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 21, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 22, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 29, 1980
August 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, August 2, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 8, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 10, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 11, 1980
September 1980
More
Every year in PennsylvaniaEvery state in 1980Tornadoes in Pennsylvania in 198019791981
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.