Storms in Pennsylvania in 1987
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania in 1987, 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 1987 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
- 177
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- $553,000
- Episodes
- 32
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 | 135 | 1 | 3 | |
| Hail | 36 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tornado | 6 | 1 | 1 | $553,000 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1987
April 1987
May 1987
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 18, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 23, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 28, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 30, 1987
June 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 8, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 13, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 15, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 20, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 21, 1987
- Hail in Pennsylvania, June 27, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 29, 1987
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 30, 1987
July 1987
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 2, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 11, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 12, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 13, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 21, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 25, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 26, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 30, 1987
August 1987
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 2, 1987
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 9, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 17, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 22, 1987
September 1987
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, September 11, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, September 17, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, September 18, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, September 22, 1987
October 1987
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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.