Storms in Pennsylvania in 1986
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania in 1986, 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 1986 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
- 228
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 35
- Damage
- $10 million
- Episodes
- 39
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 | 177 | 1 | 16 | |
| Hail | 44 | 0 | 15 | |
| Tornado | 7 | 0 | 4 | $10 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1986
April 1986
May 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 6, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 16, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 17, 1986
- Hail in Pennsylvania, May 18, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 19, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 21, 1986
- Hail in Pennsylvania, May 31, 1986
June 1986
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 11, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 15, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 16, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 27, 1986
July 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 8, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 11, 1986
- Tornadoes in Pennsylvania, July 13, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 18, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 20, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 25, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 26, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 28, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 29, 1986
August 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 1, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 2, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 5, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 6, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 7, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, August 10, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 15, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 16, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 23, 1986
September 1986
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, September 23, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, September 26, 1986
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, September 30, 1986
October 1986
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, October 1, 1986
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, October 3, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, October 4, 1986
November 1986
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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.