Storms in Pennsylvania in 2006

1,277 events in 786 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania in 2006, 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 2006 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: 1,277
Deaths: 48
Injuries: 62
Damage: $544 million
Episodes: 786

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	396	2	4	$2.0 million
Hail	188	0	0	$31,000
Flash Flood	157	8	0	$500 million
High Wind	107	1	4	$1.8 million
Strong Wind	103	1	0	$190,000
Heat	83	29	40
Flood	77	2	7	$35 million
Winter Storm	34	2	0	$300,000
Winter Weather	30	0	0
Heavy Rain	21	0	0
Lightning	17	1	2	$307,000
Coastal Flood	15	0	0
Dense Fog	15	0	0
Wildfire	8	0	0	$105,000
Tornado	8	1	5	$4.2 million
Heavy Snow	7	0	0	$300,000
Lake-Effect Snow	7	0	0	$285,000
Funnel Cloud	2	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	1	1	0
Lakeshore Flood	1	0	0	$310,000

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.