Pennsylvania

Storm History: Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

354 episodes, 458 events since 1968

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Huntingdon 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
458
Deaths
2
Injuries
40
Damage
$1.8 million
Episodes
354

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 Wind11700$282,000
Hail96037$233,000
Flash Flood5610$434,000
Tornado5113$791,000
Flood4100$20,000
Winter Storm2700
Heavy Snow2500$5,000
High Wind1200$48,000
Ice Storm800
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill800
Drought600
Strong Wind400$20,000
Blizzard200$4,000
Heat200
Tropical Storm100
Excessive Heat100
Winter Weather100

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 Huntingdon County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Huntingdon CountyEvery warning in Huntingdon 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.