Storms in Pennsylvania in 1985
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania in 1985, 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 1985 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
- 258
- Deaths
- 67
- Injuries
- 530
- Damage
- $379 million
- Episodes
- 25
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 | 109 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 96 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tornado | 53 | 67 | 529 | $379 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1985
May 1985
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 6, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 27, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 31, 1985
June 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 3, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 11, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 16, 1985
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 22, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 24, 1985
July 1985
- Hail in Pennsylvania, July 3, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 5, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 8, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 9, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 10, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 12, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 14, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 25, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 26, 1985
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 31, 1985
August 1985
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 7, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 15, 1985
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 30, 1985
September 1985
October 1985
More
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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.