Storms in Pennsylvania in 1983
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania in 1983, 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 1983 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
- 149
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 13
- Damage
- $64 million
- Episodes
- 26
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 | 95 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 33 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 21 | 0 | 13 | $64 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1983
May 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 2, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 22, 1983
- Tornadoes in Pennsylvania, May 23, 1983
- Hail in Pennsylvania, May 26, 1983
June 1983
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 6, 1983
- Hail in Pennsylvania, June 10, 1983
- Hail in Pennsylvania, June 16, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 17, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 27, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 30, 1983
July 1983
- Hail in Pennsylvania, July 1, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 3, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 4, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 17, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 20, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 21, 1983
August 1983
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 1, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 5, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 11, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 22, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 29, 1983
September 1983
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, September 6, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, September 12, 1983
October 1983
More
Every year in PennsylvaniaEvery state in 1983Tornadoes in Pennsylvania in 198319821984
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.