Pennsylvania

Storms in Pennsylvania in 2012

1,685 events in 216 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania in 2012, 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 2012 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
1,685
Deaths
40
Injuries
107
Damage
$43 million
Episodes
216

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 Wind686224$1.2 million
Hail36604$6.4 million
Strong Wind11801$163,000
Winter Weather106528
Flash Flood7901$1.8 million
High Wind7510$2.3 million
Flood44126$18 million
Winter Storm4000$525,000
Heat3960
Heavy Snow34017
Excessive Heat25110$10,000
Lightning1713$261,000
Tornado12220$9.9 million
Lake-Effect Snow1100$1.0 million
Ice Storm900
Coastal Flood600
Wildfire503$10,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500$950,000
Heavy Rain400
Astronomical Low Tide200
Cold/Wind Chill100
Funnel Cloud100

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.