Storms in Pennsylvania in 2020

1,978 events in 166 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania in 2020, 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 2020 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: 1,978
Deaths: 10
Injuries: 27
Damage: $13 million
Episodes: 166

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	1,392	2	6	$3.4 million
Flash Flood	191	1	0	$1.6 million
Hail	111	4	0	$556,000
Winter Storm	85	1	1	$375,000
Winter Weather	83	0	0
Drought	36	0	0
High Wind	15	0	2	$25,000
Flood	15	0	0	$5.4 million
Tornado	10	2	18	$1.4 million
Tropical Storm	10	0	0
Heavy Snow	9	0	0
Lake-Effect Snow	7	0	0	$45,000
Lightning	5	0	0
Strong Wind	4	0	0	$45,000
Lakeshore Flood	2	0	0	$372,000
Debris Flow	1	0	0
Funnel Cloud	1	0	0
Coastal Flood	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.