Storm History: Carbon County, Pennsylvania
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Weather | 274 | 3 | 13 | |
| Winter Storm | 112 | 3 | 7 | $6.1 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 108 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Hail | 89 | 1 | 21 | $1.1 million |
| Strong Wind | 85 | 0 | 0 | $204,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 51 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 46 | 1 | 0 | $2.5 million |
| Tornado | 45 | 0 | 1 | $153,000 |
| High Wind | 41 | 0 | 0 | $391,000 |
| Drought | 40 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 36 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 28 | 1 | 1 | $3.0 million |
| Heat | 27 | 0 | 3 | |
| Heavy Rain | 23 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ice Storm | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 15 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Lightning | 14 | 0 | 10 | $5,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 8 | 2 | 4 | |
| Sleet | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 2 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2005
- Flood, January 19, 1996
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2006
- Blizzard, January 7, 1996
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2003
- Storm Surge/Tide, September 18, 2003
- Hail, August 17, 2007
- Flash Flood, September 16, 1999
- High Wind, December 12, 2000
- Wildfire, April 15, 2004
- High Wind, January 14, 2006
- Tornado, May 23, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 24, 2002
- High Wind, February 17, 2006
- High Wind, November 13, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2008
- Strong Wind, October 28, 2008
- Hail, May 26, 2011
- Tornado, May 19, 2019
- Tornado, April 29, 1981
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 episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2026
- Dense Fog, May 25, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2026
- Dense Fog, January 6, 2026
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 10, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2025
- Dense Fog, September 25, 2025
- Dense Fog, September 24, 2025
- Hail, July 3, 2025
- Dense Fog, May 15, 2025
- Tornado, May 6, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2025
- Dense Fog, December 28, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 20, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 9, 2024
- Winter Weather, November 28, 2024
- Winter Storm, November 21, 2024
- Dense Fog, October 5, 2024
- Hail, July 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2024
- Hail, June 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2024
- Dense Fog, May 6, 2024
- Dense Fog, April 29, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 14, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 11, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 2, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 2, 2023
- Dense Fog, October 4, 2023
- Dense Fog, October 3, 2023
- Hail, August 12, 2023
- Tornado, August 7, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2023
- Hail, July 25, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2023
- Tornado, June 26, 2023
- Tornado, April 22, 2023
- Dense Fog, April 6, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 13, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 10, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 6, 2023
- Dense Fog, March 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 27, 2023
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2023
- Dense Fog, February 17, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 3, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 31, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 22, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2022
- Dense Fog, December 7, 2022
- Winter Weather, November 15, 2022
- Lightning, August 5, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 19, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 9, 2022
- Ice Storm, February 24, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 9, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 27, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 13, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2021
- Hail, July 8, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2021
- High Wind, April 30, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 9, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 26, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2020
- Hail, July 22, 2020
- Hail, July 6, 2020
- Winter Weather, March 23, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 23, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 18, 2019
- Tornado, October 31, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2019
- Tornado, May 29, 2019
- Tornado, May 19, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 10, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Tornado, October 2, 2018
- High Wind, April 4, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 2, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 27, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 12, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 6, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 23, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2017
- Flood, August 19, 2017
- Flood, August 1, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2017
- Flood, July 7, 2017
- Tornado, June 19, 2017
- Blizzard, March 14, 2017
- Winter Weather, March 10, 2017
- Hail, February 25, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2017
- High Wind, January 23, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Flood, September 19, 2016
- Hail, August 13, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2015
- Winter Weather, December 3, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2015
- Wildfire, May 3, 2015
- Wildfire, April 18, 2015
- Wildfire, April 6, 2015
- Strong Wind, April 4, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 31, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 25, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 20, 2015
- Strong Wind, March 17, 2015
- Strong Wind, March 15, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 14, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 24, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 15, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 15, 2015
- High Wind, February 15, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 5, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2015
- Strong Wind, February 2, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 31, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 29, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 11, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 10, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2015
- Strong Wind, January 4, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2015
- Winter Weather, December 22, 2014
- Winter Weather, December 12, 2014
- Winter Weather, December 11, 2014
- Winter Weather, December 10, 2014
- Winter Weather, December 9, 2014
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2014
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2014
- Winter Weather, November 27, 2014
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2014
- Strong Wind, November 18, 2014
- Winter Weather, November 17, 2014
- Winter Weather, November 13, 2014
- Strong Wind, November 2, 2014
- Strong Wind, October 26, 2014
- Heavy Rain, October 15, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2014
- Hail, July 3, 2014
- Hail, May 22, 2014
- Strong Wind, April 15, 2014
- Winter Weather, April 15, 2014
- Winter Weather, March 30, 2014
- Strong Wind, March 12, 2014
- Winter Weather, March 12, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 4, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 27, 2014
- Dense Fog, February 21, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 18, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 9, 2014
- Ice Storm, February 4, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2014
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.