Storms in Pennsylvania in 1996

1,660 events in 1,203 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania in 1996, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Pennsylvania in 1996 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

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The year

Events: 1,660
Deaths: 37
Injuries: 52
Damage: $535 million
Episodes: 1,203

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	506	0	19	$19 million
Flash Flood	385	23	3	$419 million
Heavy Snow	193	2	2	$4.4 million
Hail	131	0	0	$37,000
Flood	114	4	3	$69 million
High Wind	86	0	0	$234,000
Heavy Rain	58	0	0
Blizzard	38	7	0	$19 million
Tornado	32	0	5	$3.3 million
Cold/Wind Chill	24	0	0	$350,000
Lightning	23	0	13	$255,000
Winter Weather	21	0	0
Winter Storm	11	0	2
Heat	10	1	4
Ice Storm	9	0	0
Funnel Cloud	5	0	0
Coastal Flood	4	0	0
Dense Fog	3	0	1
Waterspout	3	0	0
Drought	3	0	0
Strong Wind	1	0	0	$5,000

Every episode, month by month

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Every year in Pennsylvania Every state in 1996 Tornadoes in Pennsylvania in 1996 Warnings in Pennsylvania in 1996 1995 1997

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.