Pennsylvania

Storm History: Columbia County, Pennsylvania

351 episodes, 435 events since 1964

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Columbia 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
435
Deaths
0
Injuries
12
Damage
$18 million
Episodes
351

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
Thunderstorm Wind10708$321,000
Hail10301$204,000
Flash Flood6400$17 million
Tornado3702$664,000
Heavy Snow2900$20,000
Winter Storm2900
Flood1900$17,000
Drought1100
Ice Storm1101$40,000
High Wind1000$24,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Winter Weather300
Heat200
Excessive Heat200
Blizzard100
Tropical Storm100
Strong Wind100$5,000

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Columbia County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Columbia CountyEvery warning in Columbia 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.