Storms in Pennsylvania in 2005

1,568 events in 947 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania in 2005, 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 2005 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: 1,568
Deaths: 35
Injuries: 73
Damage: $166 million
Episodes: 947

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	483	0	4	$2.7 million
Heavy Snow	221	1	0	$980,000
Flood	199	0	0	$132 million
Winter Storm	130	0	0	$19 million
Winter Weather	108	0	0	$290,000
Hail	106	0	0	$17,000
Flash Flood	75	1	0	$7.1 million
Cold/Wind Chill	44	3	1
Strong Wind	44	0	0	$95,000
Lightning	42	4	68	$2.7 million
Heat	37	26	0
Ice Storm	35	0	0	$154,000
Tornado	11	0	0	$265,000
Heavy Rain	10	0	0
Drought	10	0	0
Storm Surge/Tide	4	0	0
High Wind	4	0	0	$95,000
Wildfire	3	0	0
Debris Flow	1	0	0	$50,000
Funnel Cloud	1	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.