Pennsylvania

Storms in Pennsylvania in 2018

1,556 events in 209 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania in 2018, 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 2018 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
1,556
Deaths
5
Injuries
16
Damage
$31 million
Episodes
209

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 Wind51501$653,000
Flash Flood33722$18 million
Flood16500$1.5 million
Winter Storm14816$1.0 million
Winter Weather9200
Hail8400$511,000
High Wind7000$200,000
Tornado3307$7.1 million
Heavy Snow2700
Heavy Rain2400
Excessive Heat1920
Lake-Effect Snow1200$1.1 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1100
Coastal Flood1100
Funnel Cloud400
Blizzard300$650,000
Lightning100

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.