Storms in Pennsylvania in 2002

1,440 events in 548 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania in 2002, 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 2002 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: 1,440
Deaths: 49
Injuries: 141
Damage: $35 million
Episodes: 548

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	436	0	5	$1.3 million
Heavy Snow	231	0	0	$3.3 million
Hail	148	1	54	$11 million
High Wind	140	1	0	$900,000
Drought	99	0	0
Flash Flood	74	1	8	$11 million
Heat	70	42	0
Ice Storm	60	0	40	$1.0 million
Winter Storm	44	0	0	$300,000
Winter Weather	24	0	0
Flood	24	1	2	$595,000
Sleet	23	0	0
Tornado	18	1	22	$5.4 million
Lightning	17	1	10	$241,000
Heavy Rain	15	0	0
Wildfire	13	0	0
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	2	0	0	$10,000
Funnel Cloud	1	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	1	1	0

Every episode, month by month

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December 2002

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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.