Heat, Crawford
- When
- July 1, 12:00 AM EST to July 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Crawford forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 41.685, -80.106 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Pennsylvania, July 1 to 31, 1999
Temperatures across northwest Pennsylvania were much above normal with high temperatures in the 90s several days. Erie set a record high of 98 degrees on the 31st.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.
Temperatures across northwest Pennsylvania were much above normal with high temperatures in the 90s several days. Erie set a record high of 98 degrees on the 31st. This temperatures was only 2 degrees away from the all time record high in Erie of 100 degrees. The average monthly temperature in Erie was 75.7 degrees and was the 3rd warmest July on record.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Northern Erie
- When
- July 1, 12:00 AM EST to July 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Erie forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.118, -80.098 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Southern Erie
- When
- July 1, 12:00 AM EST to July 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Erie forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.118, -80.098 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 1 to 31, 1999
- Drought in Pennsylvania, July 1 to 31, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kansas, July 1, 1999
- Drought in Virginia, July 1 to 31, 1999
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 1, 1999
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 1 to 29, 1999
- Tornado in Kentucky, July 1, 1999
- Flooding in Florida, July 1, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 1, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 1, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 1 to 27, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 1 to 2, 1999
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, July 1999
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5712563, 5712564, 5712565.