Pennsylvania

Storm History: Delaware County, Pennsylvania

1,038 episodes, 1,367 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Delaware 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
1,367
Deaths
25
Injuries
109
Damage
$91 million
Episodes
1,038

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 Wind210116$6.6 million
Flash Flood172117$56 million
Hail16516$1.7 million
Winter Weather98220
Strong Wind8112$467,000
Winter Storm77013$3.5 million
Heat6390
Flood6201$8.4 million
Tornado5903$5.4 million
High Wind4903$1.1 million
Drought4400
Excessive Heat40328
Heavy Snow3720
Dense Fog3600
Heavy Rain3400
Coastal Flood3300$50,000
Astronomical Low Tide2500
Lightning1810$157,000
Storm Surge/Tide1600$5.2 million
Cold/Wind Chill1500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1430
Tropical Storm600$750,000
Wildfire300$10,000
Ice Storm300
Blizzard210$1.4 million
Funnel Cloud200
Sleet200
Frost/Freeze100

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 Delaware County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Delaware CountyEvery warning in Delaware 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.