Hail in Pennsylvania
Every hail event the National Weather Service has filed in Pennsylvania, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
The most significant on the map
The most significant hail episodes in Pennsylvania.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 5,524
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $12 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 31, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 3, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 11, 1976
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Pennsylvania, August 19, 2011A slow moving cold front and a moist unstable airmass combined to produce scattered severe thunderstorms and flash flooding across eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 2, 1998For the second time in three days, significant severe weather including tornadoes affected northeastern Pennsylvania. The primary focusing mechanisms were a strong mid level shortwave and surface cold front that approached the region during the evening of the 2nd.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 3, 2020An area of thunderstorms, some of them severe, moved from northwest to southeast across southeastern Pennsylvania during the mid-morning hours on Wednesday, June 3rd.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 31, 2002A macroburst roared across eastern Allegheny and extreme western Westmoreland counties during the early evening hours of May 31st. This macroburst produced an approximately 10-mile long path of damage from the straight-line winds, which were estimated as high as 105 MPH.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 15, 1992
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 18, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 26, 2012Low pressure tracked east-northeast from the Lower Great Lakes region into the Northeast states, while a cold front trailed southwestward from the surface low through the Ohio Valley and Southern Plains states.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 1 to 31, 1999A number of trees were downed.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 6, 1991
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 31, 1998A violent thunderstorm produced a swath of wind damage across the northern half of Berks County and included an eight mile long strong F3 (Fujita Scale) Tornado that devastated the borough of Lyons. Seven persons were injured (five within Lyons).
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 31, 1998An intensifying storm system moved across upstate New York and into southern Quebec early in the morning on the 31st. This system dragged a warm front across northeastern Pennsylvania. Behind this front, a southerly flow of warm, moist, and unstable air quickly developed.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 29, 2019A squall line developed over central Pennsylvania during the afternoon of June 29, 2019. This line progressed southeastward across the area, producing wind damage until it exited the Lower Susquehanna Valley by late afternoon.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, March 16, 2025A cold front west of central Pennsylvania slowly began to drift eastward during the morning hours and throughout the day on March 16, 2025 allowing ample lift in an environment with sufficient shear and instability to form a quasi-linear convective system across western…
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 28 to 29, 2013A warm front lifted north across the upper Ohio Valley spreading warm and moist air across the region. Strong to severe thunderstorms developed in association with this front. A couple of the thunderstorms became severe.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 22, 1983
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Pennsylvania, March 28 to 29, 2020An advancing warm front promoted heavy rain and thunderstorms during the afternoon of March 28th.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, April 9, 1991
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, March 23, 2011As a low pressure system tracked along a warm front across Ohio and Pennsylvania severe thunderstorms developed just south of the front in Ohio and progressed eastward.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 10, 2008An unseasonably hot and humid air mass led to severe thunderstorms occurring across Eastern Pennsylvania during the late afternoon and evening of the 10th. Wind damage was reported in nearly every county in Eastern Pennsylvania. About 185,000 homes and businesses lost power.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 15, 1964
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 23, 2015An organized thunderstorm complex tracked southeast from the Great Lakes and produced wind damage across north-central Pennsylvania during the pre-dawn and early morning hours.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, August 8, 1992
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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.