Pennsylvania

Storms in Pennsylvania in 2010

1,263 events in 212 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania in 2010, 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 2010 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
1,263
Deaths
33
Injuries
23
Damage
$48 million
Episodes
212

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind47923$5.0 million
Hail17813$4.6 million
Winter Storm12345$21 million
Flood8410$9.1 million
Strong Wind7911$1.1 million
Winter Weather6907
Flash Flood5310$2.0 million
Heavy Snow3800
Excessive Heat33200
Drought3200
Tornado2011$2.5 million
Lightning1400$10,000
Funnel Cloud1200
Lake-Effect Snow1100$2.6 million
High Wind1001$236,000
Heavy Rain500
Dense Fog500
Astronomical Low Tide400
Blizzard300
Frost/Freeze300
Cold/Wind Chill200
Coastal Flood200
Heat220
Ice Storm100
Wildfire102

Every episode, month by month

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December 2010

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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.