Storm History: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Dauphin 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
- 706
- Deaths
- 8
- Injuries
- 26
- Damage
- $161 million
- Episodes
- 482
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 | 210 | 0 | 5 | $2.2 million |
| Hail | 166 | 0 | 2 | $414,000 |
| Flash Flood | 92 | 6 | 1 | $152 million |
| Tornado | 86 | 1 | 18 | $6.5 million |
| Flood | 37 | 0 | 0 | $65,000 |
| Winter Storm | 34 | 1 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 28 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| High Wind | 17 | 0 | 0 | $81,000 |
| Ice Storm | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $36,000 |
| Winter Weather | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, September 7, 2011
- Tornado, April 5, 1977
- Tornado, December 1, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 1994
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2007
- Tornado, April 5, 1952
- Tornado, October 18, 1967
- Tornado, March 26, 1970
- Tornado, July 17, 1992
- Tornado, August 4, 2004
- Tornado, June 14, 2026
- Flash Flood, September 21, 2024
- Tornado, August 4, 2004
- Tornado, May 26, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 5, 2025
- Hail, April 22, 2023
- Tornado, June 22, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2024
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Tornado, June 1, 1976
- Hail, July 20, 2023
- Hail, August 7, 1986
- Flash Flood, September 21, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2015
- Hail, May 14, 2010
- Hail, June 2, 1999
- Hail, June 3, 2023
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Hail, July 7, 2012
- Hail, July 18, 2012
- Hail, August 1, 2011
- Hail, June 9, 2009
- Hail, May 10, 2000
- Hail, June 2, 1998
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 14, 2026
- Flood, June 11, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 11, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 5, 2025
- Heat, July 29, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 25, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2025
- Hail, July 3, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 23, 2025
- Strong Wind, May 30, 2025
- Flood, May 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 29, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 2025
- Blizzard, February 16, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2025
- Flash Flood, September 21, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2024
- Hail, June 22, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 8, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2024
- High Wind, January 14, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2024
- Hail, September 7, 2023
- Hail, August 4, 2023
- Flood, July 24, 2023
- Hail, July 20, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2023
- Tornado, July 2, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2023
- Hail, June 26, 2023
- Hail, June 3, 2023
- Hail, April 22, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 25, 2023
- Ice Storm, December 15, 2022
- Hail, March 31, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 11, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 7, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2022
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 27, 2021
- Tornado, August 18, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2021
- Hail, July 6, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 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
- Hail, July 6, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2020
- Hail, June 10, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2020
- Hail, June 3, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 28, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2019
- Hail, July 6, 2019
- Tornado, May 29, 2019
- Hail, May 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 26, 2019
- Hail, April 14, 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
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2018
- Excessive Heat, July 2, 2018
- Tornado, June 27, 2018
- Hail, May 15, 2018
- Hail, May 10, 2018
- High Wind, April 4, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 20, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2018
- High Wind, October 29, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2017
- Excessive Heat, August 13, 2016
- Excessive Heat, July 25, 2016
- Hail, July 25, 2016
- Hail, June 28, 2016
- High Wind, April 3, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 24, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 9, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2015
- Hail, April 20, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2015
- Heavy Snow, November 25, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 6, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2014
- Hail, July 10, 2014
- Tornado, July 8, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2014
- Flood, May 1, 2014
- Flood, April 30, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 17, 2013
- Flood, October 10, 2013
- Hail, September 12, 2013
- Flash Flood, September 11, 2013
- Hail, July 19, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2013
- Tornado, June 27, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2013
- Hail, May 8, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2013
- Flood, October 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 14, 2012
- Hail, August 9, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2012
- Tornado, July 26, 2012
- Hail, July 23, 2012
- Hail, July 18, 2012
- Hail, July 7, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2012
- Hail, May 4, 2012
- Heavy Snow, October 29, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 28, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 28, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 7, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2011
- Hail, August 21, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2011
- Hail, August 1, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2011
- Tornado, June 12, 2011
- Tornado, May 27, 2011
- Tornado, May 26, 2011
- Tornado, May 18, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 27, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 16, 2011
- Flood, March 10, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2011
- Hail, August 16, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2010
- Hail, July 25, 2010
- Tornado, June 22, 2010
- Hail, May 14, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 16, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2010
- Strong Wind, January 25, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2009
- Hail, August 18, 2009
- Hail, August 9, 2009
- Hail, July 11, 2009
- Hail, June 30, 2009
- Hail, June 9, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 2009
- High Wind, February 12, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2009
- Ice Storm, January 6, 2009
- High Wind, December 31, 2008
- Hail, June 29, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2008
- Ice Storm, February 12, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2008
- High Wind, December 23, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2007
- Hail, August 25, 2007
- Hail, July 29, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2007
- Tornado, June 19, 2007
- Hail, June 13, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 1, 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
- Tornado, December 1, 2006
- Flash Flood, November 16, 2006
- Heat, August 1, 2006
- Heat, July 31, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2006
- Hail, July 18, 2006
- Heat, July 18, 2006
- Heat, July 17, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2006
- Hail, July 9, 2006
- Hail, July 9, 2006
- Hail, July 9, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2006
- Hail, June 29, 2006
- Flood, June 28, 2006
- Flood, June 28, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2006
- Flood, June 26, 2006
- Flood, June 26, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2006
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Dauphin CountyEvery warning in Dauphin 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.