Storms in Pennsylvania in 2021

2,250 events in 245 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania in 2021, 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 2021 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: 2,250
Deaths: 9
Injuries: 16
Damage: $402 million
Episodes: 245

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	1,328	0	9	$15 million
Flash Flood	275	4	3	$366 million
Winter Weather	248	0	0
Winter Storm	114	1	0
Hail	100	0	0	$997,000
Tornado	50	1	3	$16 million
High Wind	38	0	1	$685,000
Excessive Heat	16	0	0
Flood	14	1	0	$210,000
Heavy Rain	14	0	0
Ice Storm	12	0	0
Lightning	9	1	0
Coastal Flood	9	0	0
Strong Wind	7	1	0	$15,000
Heavy Snow	5	0	0
Lake-Effect Snow	4	0	0	$100,000
Wildfire	3	0	0
Funnel Cloud	3	0	0
Frost/Freeze	1	0	0	$3.0 million

Every episode, month by month

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Every year in Pennsylvania Every state in 2021 Tornadoes in Pennsylvania in 2021 Warnings in Pennsylvania in 2021 2020 2022

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.