Storms in Pennsylvania in 2023

1,624 events in 214 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania in 2023, 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 2023 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: 1,624
Deaths: 14
Injuries: 24
Damage: $27 million
Episodes: 214

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	976	0	5	$834,000
Flash Flood	176	9	7	$21 million
Hail	131	3	3	$1.5 million
Winter Weather	101	0	1	$22,000
Dense Fog	73	0	0
Flood	43	1	1	$982,000
Strong Wind	33	0	0	$1,000
Tornado	25	0	6	$2.6 million
High Wind	11	0	0	$380,000
Lightning	11	0	0
Winter Storm	10	0	0
Heavy Snow	9	0	0
Funnel Cloud	8	0	0
Lake-Effect Snow	5	0	0
Coastal Flood	5	0	0
Freezing Fog	3	0	0
Wildfire	2	0	1
Cold/Wind Chill	1	0	0
Heat	1	1	0

Every episode, month by month

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December 2023

Every year in Pennsylvania Every state in 2023 Tornadoes in Pennsylvania in 2023 Warnings in Pennsylvania in 2023 2022 2024

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.