Pennsylvania

Storms in Pennsylvania in 2000

1,353 events in 542 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania in 2000, 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 2000 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
1,353
Deaths
24
Injuries
17
Damage
$38 million
Episodes
542

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind34203$2.3 million
Heavy Snow19900$2.1 million
High Wind18233$2.6 million
Hail14800$375,000
Winter Storm13500$430,000
Flash Flood12904$30 million
Lightning3827$315,000
Ice Storm3700
Heat27170
Heavy Rain2500
Flood1800$100,000
Drought1100
Winter Weather1000
Cold/Wind Chill1000
Excessive Heat900
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill820
Tornado600$5,000
Wildfire600
Sleet500
Funnel Cloud400
Waterspout400

Every episode, month by month

January 2000

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March 2000

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May 2000

June 2000

July 2000

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September 2000

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November 2000

December 2000

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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.