Storms in Pennsylvania in 1997

1,135 events in 583 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania in 1997, 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 1997 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: 1,135
Deaths: 49
Injuries: 84
Damage: $67 million
Episodes: 583

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	333	2	13	$2.2 million
Heavy Snow	150	0	0	$275,000
Flash Flood	76	3	0	$11 million
Heat	71	36	60
Winter Weather	71	0	0
Drought	63	0	0	$1.4 million
Hail	56	0	0
High Wind	55	2	2	$282,000
Winter Storm	47	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	43	3	0	$50 million
Ice Storm	42	0	0	$91,000
Heavy Rain	36	2	2
Strong Wind	28	0	1
Lightning	26	0	3	$204,000
Flood	16	0	0	$20,000
Tornado	14	1	3	$1.3 million
Funnel Cloud	3	0	0
Storm Surge/Tide	2	0	0	$120,000
Waterspout	2	0	0
Marine High Wind	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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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.