Pennsylvania

Storm History: Carbon County, Pennsylvania

999 episodes, 1,115 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Carbon 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
1,115
Deaths
12
Injuries
62
Damage
$16 million
Episodes
999

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Winter Weather274313
Winter Storm11237$6.1 million
Thunderstorm Wind10800$1,000
Hail89121$1.1 million
Strong Wind8500$204,000
Heavy Snow5100
Flash Flood4610$2.5 million
Tornado4501$153,000
High Wind4100$391,000
Drought4000
Dense Fog3600
Cold/Wind Chill3200
Flood2811$3.0 million
Heat2703
Heavy Rain2302
Ice Storm1500
Wildfire1500$100,000
Lightning14010$5,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1400
Excessive Heat824
Sleet400
Tropical Storm310
Blizzard200$1.0 million
Frost/Freeze200
Storm Surge/Tide100$1.0 million

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Carbon County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Carbon CountyEvery warning in Carbon 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.