Storms in Pennsylvania in 2016

898 events in 179 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania in 2016, 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 2016 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: 898
Deaths: 34
Injuries: 90
Damage: $61 million
Episodes: 179

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	433	0	4	$1.7 million
Winter Weather	74	4	81
Winter Storm	54	9	0	$150,000
Flash Flood	54	2	0	$45 million
Hail	43	1	2	$1.4 million
Flood	37	0	0	$179,000
Heavy Rain	30	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	26	0	0
Lake-Effect Snow	24	0	0	$2.9 million
Heavy Snow	22	0	0	$550,000
High Wind	20	0	2	$202,000
Ice Storm	15	0	0
Excessive Heat	14	10	0
Strong Wind	12	0	0	$34,000
Tornado	9	0	1	$8.9 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	8	0	0
Lightning	8	0	0	$2,000
Astronomical Low Tide	6	0	0
Blizzard	4	8	0
Freezing Fog	1	0	0
Frost/Freeze	1	0	0	$10,000
Wildfire	1	0	0
Debris Flow	1	0	0	$15,000
Drought	1	0	0

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.