Pennsylvania

Storms in Pennsylvania in 2019

2,395 events in 256 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania in 2019, 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 2019 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
2,395
Deaths
6
Injuries
74
Damage
$32 million
Episodes
256

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 Wind1,24502$872,000
Flash Flood32830$12 million
Hail289157$1.9 million
Winter Weather14104
Winter Storm11900$420,000
High Wind7400$275,000
Flood4500$148,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill4100
Tornado37011$8.4 million
Heavy Rain1800
Strong Wind1500$35,000
Heavy Snow1200
Lightning1220
Lake-Effect Snow800$62,000
Funnel Cloud700
Ice Storm200
Astronomical Low Tide100
Lakeshore Flood100$8.0 million

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.