Storm History: Delaware County, Pennsylvania
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 210 | 1 | 16 | $6.6 million |
| Flash Flood | 172 | 1 | 17 | $56 million |
| Hail | 165 | 1 | 6 | $1.7 million |
| Winter Weather | 98 | 2 | 20 | |
| Strong Wind | 81 | 1 | 2 | $467,000 |
| Winter Storm | 77 | 0 | 13 | $3.5 million |
| Heat | 63 | 9 | 0 | |
| Flood | 62 | 0 | 1 | $8.4 million |
| Tornado | 59 | 0 | 3 | $5.4 million |
| High Wind | 49 | 0 | 3 | $1.1 million |
| Drought | 44 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 40 | 3 | 28 | |
| Heavy Snow | 37 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 36 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 33 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Astronomical Low Tide | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 18 | 1 | 0 | $157,000 |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 16 | 0 | 0 | $5.2 million |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 14 | 3 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | $750,000 |
| Wildfire | 3 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Ice Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 2 | 1 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sleet | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
- Heat, July 4, 1999
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2014
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2010
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2015
- Flash Flood, September 16, 1999
- Blizzard, January 7, 1996
- Strong Wind, February 2, 2015
- Heat, July 12, 1997
- Heat, July 23, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 14, 2003
- Lightning, June 2, 2006
- Excessive Heat, June 7, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 19, 2009
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2014
- Hail, June 3, 2020
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 16, 1999
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2004
- Storm Surge/Tide, September 18, 2003
- Tornado, September 27, 1993
- Flood, October 1, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2010
- Blizzard, January 7, 1996
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 23, 2003
- Hail, June 24, 2010
- Flood, October 29, 2012
- Flood, April 30, 2014
- Flood, May 1, 2014
- Tropical Storm, August 27, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2006
- High Wind, February 12, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 1997
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, May 22, 2014
- Hail, August 10, 2008
- Hail, June 24, 2010
- Hail, March 29, 2009
- Hail, July 14, 1994
- Hail, July 10, 1992
- Hail, November 20, 1988
- Hail, May 20, 2022
- Hail, April 4, 2025
- Hail, July 21, 2021
- Hail, July 3, 2014
- Hail, August 18, 2011
- Hail, September 11, 2011
- Hail, June 2, 2006
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2026
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, June 22, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2026
- Excessive Heat, June 11, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2026
- Dense Fog, February 17, 2026
- High Wind, February 7, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2026
- Dense Fog, January 6, 2026
- High Wind, December 29, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2025
- Dense Fog, October 6, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 29, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 25, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 8, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 23, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2025
- Dense Fog, May 15, 2025
- Hail, May 3, 2025
- Hail, April 4, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Dense Fog, February 6, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2025
- Dense Fog, December 9, 2024
- Dense Fog, September 12, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 2, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2024
- Hail, July 16, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 9, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 5, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2024
- Excessive Heat, June 22, 2024
- Coastal Flood, April 12, 2024
- Coastal Flood, April 4, 2024
- Coastal Flood, March 9, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 26, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2024
- Coastal Flood, January 13, 2024
- Coastal Flood, January 10, 2024
- Flood, December 27, 2023
- Flood, December 18, 2023
- Coastal Flood, December 18, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 9, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 2, 2023
- Hail, September 8, 2023
- Hail, August 12, 2023
- Tornado, August 7, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2023
- Tornado, June 26, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2023
- Dense Fog, April 16, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 31, 2022
- Coastal Flood, December 23, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2022
- Dense Fog, November 4, 2022
- Dense Fog, October 25, 2022
- Excessive Heat, August 9, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2022
- Hail, May 20, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 7, 2022
- Ice Storm, February 24, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 18, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2022
- Coastal Flood, October 28, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 28, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 23, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 23, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2021
- Excessive Heat, August 11, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2021
- Hail, July 21, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2021
- Hail, July 8, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2021
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2021
- Hail, June 14, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2021
- High Wind, April 30, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 29, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 28, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Tornado, November 30, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2020
- Hail, August 28, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2020
- Tornado, August 4, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2020
- Hail, June 3, 2020
- High Wind, April 30, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 9, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2020
- High Wind, February 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 7, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2020
- Tornado, October 31, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 14, 2019
- Hail, August 7, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2019
- Hail, June 29, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2019
- Hail, June 2, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 26, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 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 Weather, February 10, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 12, 2019
- Coastal Flood, November 25, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Coastal Flood, September 10, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 31, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2018
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2018
- Flash Flood, April 16, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 6, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2017
- Strong Wind, October 24, 2017
- Flood, September 16, 2017
- Flood, August 19, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2017
- Lightning, March 28, 2017
- Blizzard, March 14, 2017
- Winter Weather, March 10, 2017
- High Wind, March 2, 2017
- Hail, February 25, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 12, 2017
- High Wind, January 23, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2016
- Astronomical Low Tide, December 15, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 30, 2016
- Flood, July 18, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2016
- Winter Weather, April 9, 2016
- Hail, April 2, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2016
- Astronomical Low Tide, February 14, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2016
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Strong Wind, October 2, 2015
- Flash Flood, September 10, 2015
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2015
- Tornado, July 9, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2015
- Tornado, June 30, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2015
- Heat, June 23, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2015
- Flood, April 20, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 20, 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
- Astronomical Low Tide, February 20, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 15, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 15, 2015
- High Wind, February 15, 2015
- Astronomical Low Tide, February 15, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2015
- Strong Wind, February 2, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2015
- Flood, January 18, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 11, 2015
- Astronomical Low Tide, January 10, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2015
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.