Storm History: Adams County, Pennsylvania
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Adams County, Pennsylvania: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 528
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $13 million
- Episodes
- 431
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 144 | 0 | 0 | $8.4 million |
| Hail | 134 | 0 | 0 | $917,000 |
| Flash Flood | 57 | 2 | 0 | $225,000 |
| Tornado | 46 | 1 | 0 | $2.9 million |
| Heavy Snow | 32 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Winter Storm | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 24 | 0 | 0 | $13,000 |
| High Wind | 15 | 0 | 1 | $51,000 |
| Drought | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 9 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Heat | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lake-Effect Snow | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Dust Devil | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2021
- Tornado, June 7, 1980
- Hail, July 6, 1994
- Hail, June 4, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2020
- Hail, July 2, 2022
- Flash Flood, September 7, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 1999
- Lightning, June 25, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 14, 2026
- Tornado, April 25, 1954
- Tornado, September 16, 1971
- Tornado, March 21, 1976
- Tornado, March 3, 1999
- High Wind, February 12, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2015
- Flash Flood, September 16, 1999
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2000
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, March 21, 1976
- Tornado, June 7, 1980
- Tornado, April 25, 1954
- Tornado, July 27, 1969
- Tornado, August 28, 1978
- Tornado, April 9, 1980
- Tornado, May 12, 1980
- Tornado, July 20, 1981
- Tornado, November 20, 1989
- Tornado, June 8, 1990
- Tornado, May 6, 1991
- Tornado, August 28, 1992
- Tornado, May 29, 1995
- Tornado, July 8, 2014
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Drought, May 12, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 14, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2026
- Drought, January 13, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 25, 2025
- Dust Devil, September 3, 2025
- Heat, July 29, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 25, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2025
- Flood, July 12, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 23, 2025
- Flood, May 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2025
- Drought, May 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 2025
- Strong Wind, April 1, 2025
- Drought, April 1, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2025
- Hail, July 16, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2024
- Hail, April 15, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2024
- Hail, September 7, 2023
- Flood, August 7, 2023
- Hail, August 4, 2023
- Flood, July 28, 2023
- Hail, July 20, 2023
- Hail, June 26, 2023
- Funnel Cloud, April 15, 2023
- Ice Storm, December 15, 2022
- Hail, July 2, 2022
- Hail, July 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2022
- Hail, March 31, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 11, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2022
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Tornado, August 18, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2021
- Hail, May 26, 2021
- High Wind, April 30, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2020
- Hail, July 6, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2020
- Hail, May 29, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 13, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 2019
- Hail, July 21, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2019
- Hail, June 29, 2019
- Hail, June 2, 2019
- Hail, May 29, 2019
- Hail, May 19, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Hail, August 17, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2018
- Excessive Heat, July 2, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2018
- Hail, May 15, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 12, 2018
- Hail, May 10, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 20, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2018
- Hail, September 5, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2017
- Hail, February 25, 2017
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 7, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 30, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2016
- Excessive Heat, July 25, 2016
- Hail, July 25, 2016
- Hail, June 21, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2016
- High Wind, April 3, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 9, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 4, 2015
- Flash Flood, August 20, 2015
- Hail, August 3, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2015
- Heavy Snow, November 25, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 2014
- Hail, July 13, 2014
- Tornado, July 8, 2014
- Hail, June 18, 2014
- Flood, May 16, 2014
- Flood, April 30, 2014
- Flood, March 30, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2014
- Ice Storm, January 5, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 17, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 1, 2013
- Flood, October 10, 2013
- Hail, September 12, 2013
- Hail, July 19, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2013
- Hail, June 28, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 6, 2013
- Flood, January 31, 2013
- Flood, October 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 7, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2012
- Hail, August 3, 2012
- Hail, July 18, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2012
- Hail, April 26, 2012
- Heavy Snow, October 29, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 27, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 23, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 14, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 7, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2011
- Hail, August 18, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2011
- Hail, June 9, 2011
- Tornado, May 26, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 27, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 16, 2011
- Flood, March 10, 2011
- High Wind, February 25, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 21, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 22, 2010
- Hail, August 16, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2010
- Hail, July 25, 2010
- Hail, June 4, 2010
- Hail, May 27, 2010
- Hail, May 14, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 8, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2010
- Flash Flood, January 25, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2009
- Hail, August 11, 2009
- Hail, June 9, 2009
- High Wind, February 12, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2009
- Ice Storm, January 6, 2009
- High Wind, December 31, 2008
- Hail, August 10, 2008
- Hail, August 7, 2008
- Hail, August 2, 2008
- Hail, July 27, 2008
- Hail, June 23, 2008
- Hail, June 10, 2008
- Flood, March 4, 2008
- Ice Storm, February 12, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2007
- Hail, August 25, 2007
- Hail, August 3, 2007
- Hail, June 13, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2007
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2007
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 5, 2007
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 5, 2007
- High Wind, December 1, 2006
- Heat, August 1, 2006
- Heat, July 31, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2006
- Hail, July 18, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2006
- Heat, July 18, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2006
- Heat, July 17, 2006
- Hail, July 4, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2006
- Flood, June 28, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2006
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2006
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2005
- Heavy Snow, December 9, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 29, 2005
- Tornado, August 30, 2005
- Tornado, August 30, 2005
- Tornado, August 30, 2005
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2005
- Hail, August 7, 2005
- Hail, August 7, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2005
- Flood, April 2, 2005
- Flood, March 28, 2005
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2005
- Heavy Snow, February 24, 2005
- Flood, September 28, 2004
- Flood, September 17, 2004
- Hail, August 19, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2004
- Hail, June 1, 2004
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Adams CountyEvery warning in Adams County since 1986Every county in Pennsylvania
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.