Pennsylvania, 2001

Heat in Pennsylvania, August 1 to 10, 2001

August 1 to 10, 2001 · NWS BGM · 7 events in 7 counties and zones

August was a very warm month across northeast Pennsylvania. The first 9 days of the month featured a significant heat wave with several days of locations reporting temperatures in the upper 90's to lower 100's.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 7 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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  • Cold
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
7

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 BGM wrote it up.

August was a very warm month across northeast Pennsylvania. The first 9 days of the month featured a significant heat wave with several days of locations reporting temperatures in the upper 90's to lower 100's. Numerous high temperature records were set during this time. The heat wave peaked on the 9th when many locations saw temperatures above 100 degrees and some locations equalled or exceeded all-time temperature records for the month of August.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Binghamton, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 31, 7:40 PM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 7:40 PM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
840 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2001

ISOLATED AFTERNOON CONVECTION HAS DISSIPATED AS NIGHT FALLS AND
STABILITY INCREASES. WILL NEED AN UPDATE TO FRESHEN UP THE FORECASTS
TO REMOVE MENTION OF SHOWERS. REST OF FORECAST STILL LOOKS GOOD
UNDER MAINLY CLEAR SKIES AND TEMPS DIPPING INTO THE UPR 50S FOR MANY
AREAS. SOME OUTLYING COLD SPOTS LAST NIGHT AROUND THE SUSQUEHANNA
REGION DROPPED INTO THE LOWER 50S AND WALTON EVEN HIT 47. DEWPOINTS
VARY QUITE A BIT OVER A SHORT DISTANCE FROM 46 AT MSV TO THE LOWER
60S IN THE WYOMING VALLEY UP INTO THE SRN TIER. I THINK I'LL SPLIT
OUT A LOCAL EFFECT FOR THE TEMP SPREAD FROM THE VALLEYS TO HILLTOPS
OF THE SUSQ RGN AND CATSKILL GROUP TO REFLECT WHAT WILL LIKELY BE A
FRAGMENTED SCATTER PLOT OF MIN TEMPS BY SUNRISE.

.BGM...NONE.

BREWSTER

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

7 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Bradford

When
August 1, 12:00 AM EST to August 10, 12:00 AM EST
Where
Bradford forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
41.789, -76.515 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Lackawanna

When
August 1, 12:00 AM EST to August 10, 12:00 AM EST
Where
Lackawanna forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
41.437, -75.609 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Luzerne

When
August 1, 12:00 AM EST to August 10, 12:00 AM EST
Where
Luzerne forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
41.177, -75.989 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Pike

When
August 1, 12:00 AM EST to August 10, 12:00 AM EST
Where
Pike forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
41.332, -75.034 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Susquehanna

When
August 1, 12:00 AM EST to August 10, 12:00 AM EST
Where
Susquehanna forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
41.821, -75.801 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Wayne

When
August 1, 12:00 AM EST to August 10, 12:00 AM EST
Where
Wayne forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
41.649, -75.303 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Wyoming

When
August 1, 12:00 AM EST to August 10, 12:00 AM EST
Where
Wyoming forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
41.518, -76.016 (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

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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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5264057, 5264058, 5264059, 5264060, 5264061, 5264062, 5264063.