Storms in Pennsylvania in 2003

1,591 events in 1,005 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania in 2003, 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 2003 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: 1,591
Deaths: 21
Injuries: 32
Damage: $167 million
Episodes: 1,005

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	414	1	9	$4.1 million
Flash Flood	283	1	1	$58 million
Heavy Snow	199	0	2	$4.5 million
High Wind	133	4	3	$4.5 million
Flood	131	1	1	$1.4 million
Winter Weather	93	0	0
Strong Wind	85	1	5	$1.3 million
Hail	68	0	0	$62,000
Tropical Storm	29	0	0
Heavy Rain	28	0	0
Winter Storm	25	2	1	$13 million
Ice Storm	23	0	0	$100,000
Storm Surge/Tide	19	0	1	$32 million
Lightning	18	0	9	$511,000
Cold/Wind Chill	10	4	0
Dense Fog	10	0	0
Heat	10	7	0
Tornado	9	0	0	$47 million
Funnel Cloud	4	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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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.