Storms in Pennsylvania in 2008
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania in 2008, 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 2008 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
The year
- Events
- 1,424
- Deaths
- 45
- Injuries
- 139
- Damage
- $53 million
- Episodes
- 291
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 | 343 | 2 | 7 | $5.5 million |
| Hail | 244 | 1 | 9 | $2.1 million |
| Winter Storm | 144 | 4 | 15 | $17 million |
| Winter Weather | 127 | 4 | 63 | $100,000 |
| Strong Wind | 106 | 1 | 2 | $382,000 |
| High Wind | 86 | 2 | 3 | $20 million |
| Flood | 56 | 0 | 0 | $240,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 52 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 40 | 0 | 0 | $1.8 million |
| Heavy Snow | 36 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Ice Storm | 31 | 1 | 5 | |
| Lightning | 26 | 0 | 1 | $305,000 |
| Lake-Effect Snow | 24 | 0 | 0 | $3.4 million |
| Excessive Heat | 20 | 29 | 33 | |
| Drought | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Astronomical Low Tide | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Tornado | 5 | 0 | 0 | $1.6 million |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2008
- Drought in Pennsylvania, January 1 to 31, 2008
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, January 1 to 2, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 1, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 1 to 2, 2008
- Astronomical Low Tide in Pennsylvania, January 3, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 5, 2008
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Pennsylvania, January 9, 2008
- Damaging Winds and Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, January 9, 2008
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, January 9, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 11, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 13 to 14, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 17 to 18, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Pennsylvania, January 19 to 21, 2008
- Lake-Effect Snow in Pennsylvania, January 24, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 29, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 29, 2008
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, January 30, 2008
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, January 30, 2008
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, January 30, 2008
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, January 30, 2008
February 2008
- Drought in Pennsylvania, February 1 to 15, 2008
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, February 1, 2008
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, February 1, 2008
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, February 1, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, February 4 to 5, 2008
- Dense Fog in Pennsylvania, February 5, 2008
- Flooding in Pennsylvania, February 5 to 6, 2008
- Flooding in Pennsylvania, February 6 to 7, 2008
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 6, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, February 6, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, February 9, 2008
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, February 9, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, February 10, 2008
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, February 10, 2008
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 10, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, February 10, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Pennsylvania, February 10 to 11, 2008
- Astronomical Low Tide in Pennsylvania, February 10 to 12, 2008
- Cold in Pennsylvania, February 11, 2008
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, February 12 to 13, 2008
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, February 12, 2008
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, February 12 to 13, 2008
- Ice Storm in Pennsylvania, February 12 to 13, 2008
- Flooding in Pennsylvania, February 13 to 14, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, February 17, 2008
- Lake-Effect Snow in Pennsylvania, February 19, 2008
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, February 21 to 22, 2008
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, February 22, 2008
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, February 26 to 27, 2008
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, February 26 to 27, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, February 26, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, February 27, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, February 29, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, February 29, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, February 29, 2008
March 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, March 1, 2008
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, March 4 to 5, 2008
- Ice Storm in Pennsylvania, March 4 to 5, 2008
- Flooding in Pennsylvania, March 4 to 5, 2008
- Ice Storm in Pennsylvania, March 4 to 5, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, March 4, 2008
- Flooding in Pennsylvania, March 4 to 5, 2008
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, March 5, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, March 5, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Pennsylvania, March 5, 2008
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, March 5, 2008
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, March 7 to 9, 2008
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, March 7 to 8, 2008
- Winter Storm and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, March 7 to 8, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Pennsylvania, March 8 to 9, 2008
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, March 8, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, March 8, 2008
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, March 8 to 9, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, March 18 to 19, 2008
- Flood in Pennsylvania, March 19, 2008
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, March 20, 2008
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, March 20, 2008
- Wildfire in Pennsylvania, March 25 to 26, 2008
- Wildfire in Pennsylvania, March 30, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, March 31, 2008
April 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, April 1, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, April 1, 2008
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, April 2, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, April 3 to 4, 2008
- Wildfire in Pennsylvania, April 11, 2008
- Hail in Pennsylvania, April 11, 2008
- Wildfire in Pennsylvania, April 15, 2008
- Wildfire in Pennsylvania, April 18, 2008
- Flood in Pennsylvania, April 20, 2008
- Wildfire in Pennsylvania, April 23, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, April 26, 2008
- Flooding in Pennsylvania, April 26 to 27, 2008
May 2008
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, May 11, 2008
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, May 11, 2008
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, May 11, 2008
- Flood in Pennsylvania, May 12, 2008
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, May 12, 2008
- Hail in Pennsylvania, May 17, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 18, 2008
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, May 18, 2008
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, May 21, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 27, 2008
- Flood and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 31, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 31, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 31, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 31, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 31, 2008
June 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 4 to 5, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 4, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Pennsylvania, June 4 to 5, 2008
- Excessive Heat in Pennsylvania, June 7 to 10, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 7, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 8, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 8, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 8, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 8, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 10, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 10, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 10, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 10, 2008
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, June 10, 2008
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, June 13, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 13, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 13, 2008
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, June 14, 2008
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, June 14, 2008
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Pennsylvania, June 14, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 16, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 16, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 16, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 16, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 18, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 20, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 20, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 20, 2008
- Hail in Pennsylvania, June 21, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 21, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 21, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 22, 2008
- Hail in Pennsylvania, June 22, 2008
- Hail in Pennsylvania, June 23, 2008
- Hail in Pennsylvania, June 23, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 23, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 23, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 26, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 26, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 26, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 27, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 27, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 28, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 28, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 28, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 29, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 29, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 29, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 29, 2008
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 30, 2008
July 2008
- Wildfire in Pennsylvania, July 2, 2008
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 6, 2008
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 6, 2008
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 7, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 8, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 8, 2008
- Heat in Pennsylvania, July 12, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 12, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 13, 2008
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, July 13, 2008
- Excessive Heat in Pennsylvania, July 16 to 22, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 17, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 17, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 17, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 18, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 20, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 20, 2008
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, July 20, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 21, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 21, 2008
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 22, 2008
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 22, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 23, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 23, 2008
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 23, 2008
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 23, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 23, 2008
- Flash Flood and Flood in Pennsylvania, July 23 to 24, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 24, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 26, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 26, 2008
- Hail in Pennsylvania, July 26, 2008
- Hail in Pennsylvania, July 26, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 27, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 27, 2008
- Hail in Pennsylvania, July 27, 2008
- Heat in Pennsylvania, July 29, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 30, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 30, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 31, 2008
August 2008
- Drought in Pennsylvania, August 1 to 31, 2008
- Hail in Pennsylvania, August 2, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 2, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 2, 2008
- Hail in Pennsylvania, August 2, 2008
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 5, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 7, 2008
- Hail in Pennsylvania, August 7, 2008
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, August 7, 2008
- Hail in Pennsylvania, August 7, 2008
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, August 8, 2008
- Hail in Pennsylvania, August 9, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 10, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 10, 2008
- Hail in Pennsylvania, August 10, 2008
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, August 11, 2008
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, August 13, 2008
- Hail in Pennsylvania, August 14, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 14, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 14, 2008
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 14, 2008
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 15, 2008
- Hail in Pennsylvania, August 18, 2008
- Wildfire in Pennsylvania, August 26, 2008
September 2008
- Drought in Pennsylvania, September 1 to 30, 2008
- Flash Flood and Flood in Pennsylvania, September 6, 2008
- Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, September 6, 2008
- Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in Pennsylvania, September 6, 2008
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, September 6, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, September 9, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, September 9, 2008
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, September 14, 2008
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, September 14, 2008
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, September 14 to 15, 2008
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Pennsylvania, September 28, 2008
October 2008
- Drought in Pennsylvania, October 1 to 31, 2008
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, October 21, 2008
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, October 25, 2008
- Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, October 25, 2008
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, October 27 to 28, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, October 28, 2008
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, October 28, 2008
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, October 28, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, October 28 to 29, 2008
- Lake-Effect Snow in Pennsylvania, October 28 to 29, 2008
- Heavy Snow and Lake-Effect Snow in Pennsylvania, October 28 to 29, 2008
November 2008
- Drought in Pennsylvania, November 1 to 30, 2008
- Lake-Effect Snow in Pennsylvania, November 9 to 10, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, November 15, 2008
- Lake-Effect Snow in Pennsylvania, November 16 to 17, 2008
- Lake-Effect Snow in Pennsylvania, November 16 to 17, 2008
- Lake-Effect Snow in Pennsylvania, November 20 to 22, 2008
- Lake-Effect Snow in Pennsylvania, November 20 to 22, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, November 20, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, November 20 to 21, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, November 21, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, November 24 to 25, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, November 25 to 26, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, November 30, 2008
December 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, December 1, 2008
- Drought in Pennsylvania, December 1 to 31, 2008
- Lake-Effect Snow in Pennsylvania, December 5, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, December 5, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, December 6, 2008
- Lake-Effect Snow in Pennsylvania, December 6 to 7, 2008
- Lake-Effect Snow in Pennsylvania, December 6 to 8, 2008
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, December 7, 2008
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, December 10 to 12, 2008
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, December 11 to 12, 2008
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, December 11 to 12, 2008
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, December 11 to 12, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, December 16 to 17, 2008
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, December 19, 2008
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, December 19, 2008
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, December 19 to 20, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 19, 2008
- Flooding in Pennsylvania, December 19 to 20, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, December 21, 2008
- Lake-Effect Snow in Pennsylvania, December 21 to 22, 2008
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, December 21 to 22, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Pennsylvania, December 21 to 22, 2008
- Lake-Effect Snow in Pennsylvania, December 21 to 22, 2008
- Cold in Pennsylvania, December 22, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, December 23 to 24, 2008
- Ice Storm in Pennsylvania, December 23 to 24, 2008
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, December 24 to 25, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, December 26 to 27, 2008
- Dense Fog in Pennsylvania, December 27 to 28, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, December 28, 2008
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, December 30, 2008
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, December 31, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, December 31, 2008
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, December 31, 2008
- Astronomical Low Tide in Pennsylvania, December 31, 2008
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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.