Pennsylvania

Storms in Pennsylvania in 2022

1,527 events in 188 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania in 2022, 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 2022 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

Open the live radar over Pennsylvania

The year

Events
1,527
Deaths
10
Injuries
54
Damage
$8.1 million
Episodes
188

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 Wind67603$1.4 million
Winter Weather310829$20,000
Winter Storm143015
Hail10400$3.7 million
Flash Flood3910$1.3 million
Heavy Rain3500
Dense Fog3200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill3100$20,000
Cold/Wind Chill2900
Heavy Snow2800$303,000
Ice Storm2302
Flood1900$316,000
Strong Wind1900
Lake-Effect Snow1100
Tornado804$964,000
Excessive Heat810
Lightning501$1,000
Coastal Flood300
High Wind200
Wildfire100
Blizzard100

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.