Pennsylvania, 1999Drought in Pennsylvania, August 1 to 31, 1999
August 1 to 31, 1999 · NWS CTP · 33 events in 33 counties and zones
33 drought, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 33 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 33
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.
Drought, Potter
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Potter forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.745, -77.896 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A drought emergency remained in effect for 55 of the 67 counties of Pennsylvania. In spite of the severe flash flooding in a few locations and normal or above normal precipitation in many others, water tables remained low and water usage was restricted.
Drought, Adams
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Adams forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.872, -77.218 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Bedford
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Bedford forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.007, -78.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Blair
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Blair forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.481, -78.349 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Cambria
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Cambria forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.495, -78.714 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Cameron
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Cameron forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.437, -78.204 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Clearfield
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Clearfield forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -78.474 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Columbia
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Columbia forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.049, -76.405 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Cumberland
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Cumberland forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.164, -77.266 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Dauphin
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Dauphin forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.415, -76.779 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Franklin
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.927, -77.721 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Fulton
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Fulton forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.925, -78.113 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Huntingdon
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Huntingdon forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.417, -77.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Juniata
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Juniata forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.531, -77.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Lancaster
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Lancaster forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.042, -76.248 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Lebanon
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Lebanon forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.367, -76.458 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Mifflin
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Mifflin forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.610, -77.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Montour
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Montour forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.028, -76.659 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Northern Centre
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Centre forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.919, -77.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Northern Clinton
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Clinton forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.234, -77.638 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Northern Lycoming
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Lycoming forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.343, -77.064 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Northumberland
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Northumberland forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.852, -76.709 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Perry
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Perry forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.398, -77.262 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Schuylkill
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Schuylkill forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.706, -76.216 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Snyder
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Snyder forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.770, -77.070 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Somerset
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Somerset forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.972, -79.028 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Southern Centre
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Centre forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.919, -77.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Southern Clinton
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Clinton forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.234, -77.638 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Southern Lycoming
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Lycoming forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.343, -77.064 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Sullivan
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Sullivan forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.446, -76.512 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Tioga
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Tioga forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.772, -77.254 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Union
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Union forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.963, -77.062 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, York
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- York forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.920, -76.726 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Heat in South Carolina, August 1 to 31, 19999 deaths · 9 events
- Heat in Texas, August 1 to 31, 19996 deaths · 23 events
- Heat in Pennsylvania, August 1, 19995 deaths · 8 events
- Heat in Texas, August 1 to 31, 19993 deaths · 48 events
- Heat in Missouri, August 1 to 18, 19992 deaths · 34 events
- Heat in Alabama, August 1 to 2, 19992 deaths · 3 events
- Heat in South Carolina, August 1, 19992 deaths · 2 events
- Heat in South Carolina, August 1 to 2, 19992 deaths · 2 events
- Heat in Texas, August 1, 19992 deaths · 1 event
- Heat in Arkansas, August 1, 19992 deaths · 1 event
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Florida, August 1 to 11, 19991 death · 1 injured · $375,000 · 4 events
- Heat and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 1 to 2, 19991 death · $200,000 · 3 events
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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5713995, 5713996, 5713997, 5713998, 5713999, 5714000, 5714001, 5714002, 5714003, 5714004, 5714005, 5714006, 5714007, 5714008, 5714009, 5714010, 5714011, 5714012, 5714013, 5714014, 5714015, 5714016, 5714017, 5714018, 5714019, 5714020, 5714021, 5714022, 5714023, 5714024, 5714025, 5714026, 5714027.