Storms in Pennsylvania in 2009

1,226 events in 221 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania in 2009, 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 2009 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

Open the live radar over Pennsylvania

The year

Events: 1,226
Deaths: 8
Injuries: 110
Damage: $58 million
Episodes: 221

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	284	0	2	$3.5 million
Hail	208	0	1	$5.4 million
Winter Weather	117	3	31
Winter Storm	105	0	46	$1.3 million
Flash Flood	90	0	0	$34 million
Strong Wind	73	0	0	$421,000
High Wind	72	0	0	$9.1 million
Flood	53	0	0	$365,000
Ice Storm	47	0	0	$4,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	42	0	0
Heavy Snow	34	2	0
Cold/Wind Chill	17	0	0
Dense Fog	15	0	0
Lightning	15	1	0	$55,000
Lake-Effect Snow	13	0	0	$1.8 million
Heat	13	2	25
Tornado	8	0	5	$2.1 million
Funnel Cloud	5	0	0
Excessive Heat	5	0	0
Astronomical Low Tide	4	0	0
Wildfire	4	0	0
Drought	1	0	0
Heavy Rain	1	0	0	$1,000

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.