Storm History: Mercer County, Pennsylvania
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Mercer 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
- 960
- Deaths
- 9
- Injuries
- 219
- Damage
- $40 million
- Episodes
- 533
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 | 248 | 0 | 1 | $2.9 million |
| Hail | 238 | 0 | 0 | $1.7 million |
| Flash Flood | 155 | 0 | 1 | $1.3 million |
| Tornado | 142 | 9 | 93 | $32 million |
| Flood | 40 | 0 | 0 | $600,000 |
| Winter Storm | 35 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Winter Weather | 29 | 0 | 24 | |
| Heavy Snow | 22 | 0 | 100 | $650,000 |
| High Wind | 22 | 0 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| Ice Storm | 15 | 0 | 0 | $28,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, May 31, 1985
- Tornado, October 3, 1986
- Hail, October 6, 2024
- Tornado, November 10, 2002
- High Wind, September 14, 2008
- Tornado, April 28, 2002
- Heavy Snow, December 19, 2004
- Tornado, May 24, 1995
- Tornado, June 15, 1964
- Tornado, September 24, 1977
- Flash Flood, August 16, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2010
- Tornado, March 16, 2025
- Flood, September 8, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 2009
- Tornado, July 8, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2023
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, September 25, 1994
- Hail, June 24, 1985
- Hail, June 16, 2022
- Hail, April 14, 2024
- Hail, July 4, 2012
- Hail, June 2, 1998
- Hail, April 15, 2026
- Tornado, August 6, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2017
- Hail, April 10, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2012
- Hail, May 29, 2012
- Hail, July 26, 2008
- Hail, April 28, 2002
- Hail, May 31, 2002
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 31, 1985
- Tornado, June 18, 1970
- Tornado, May 2, 1972
- Tornado, November 10, 2002
- Tornado, June 1, 1954
- Tornado, September 30, 1954
- Tornado, June 15, 1964
- Tornado, April 14, 1974
- Tornado, September 24, 1977
- Tornado, October 3, 1986
- Tornado, August 8, 1992
- Tornado, May 29, 1995
- Tornado, May 1, 2017
- Tornado, August 24, 2023
- Tornado, June 14, 2026
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2026
- Tornado, June 14, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 9, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 16, 2026
- Hail, April 15, 2026
- Hail, April 14, 2026
- Flash Flood, March 31, 2026
- Winter Storm, March 16, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2026
- Winter Weather, December 31, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 31, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2025
- Hail, May 2, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 29, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 2025
- Tornado, March 16, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 4, 2024
- Hail, October 6, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2024
- Tornado, August 6, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2024
- Tornado, May 25, 2024
- Hail, April 14, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2024
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2023
- Winter Weather, November 1, 2023
- Tornado, August 24, 2023
- Tornado, August 12, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2023
- Hail, April 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 25, 2023
- Hail, March 23, 2023
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2023
- High Wind, December 23, 2022
- Flood, November 11, 2022
- Flash Flood, September 4, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2022
- Hail, June 16, 2022
- Hail, June 1, 2022
- Hail, May 21, 2022
- Hail, May 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 11, 2022
- Ice Storm, February 24, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 3, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 27, 2021
- Tornado, September 22, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2021
- Hail, July 20, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2021
- Hail, July 13, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2021
- Hail, May 26, 2021
- High Wind, March 26, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 24, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2020
- Winter Storm, November 1, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2020
- Tornado, June 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2020
- Tornado, April 7, 2020
- Debris Flow, February 12, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2020
- Hail, December 1, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 12, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2019
- Hail, August 17, 2019
- Hail, August 15, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2019
- Tornado, June 16, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2019
- Hail, June 1, 2019
- Tornado, May 28, 2019
- Tornado, April 14, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2019
- Hail, January 8, 2019
- Tornado, January 8, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 14, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 21, 2018
- Flood, September 7, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2018
- Hail, July 26, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 20, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 8, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 29, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2018
- Flood, November 5, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2017
- Hail, August 4, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2017
- Tornado, June 19, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2017
- Tornado, May 1, 2017
- Flash Flood, January 12, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 11, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 9, 2016
- Flash Flood, October 20, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 10, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2016
- Tornado, June 16, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2016
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2015
- Tornado, May 31, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 2015
- Hail, April 9, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 24, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2015
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2014
- Winter Weather, November 22, 2014
- Tornado, August 21, 2014
- Flood, August 12, 2014
- Flood, July 27, 2014
- Tornado, July 8, 2014
- Flood, June 23, 2014
- Tornado, June 18, 2014
- Flood, June 17, 2014
- Flood, May 21, 2014
- Hail, May 14, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 4, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Heavy Snow, November 26, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 17, 2013
- Flood, August 8, 2013
- Tornado, July 10, 2013
- Flood, June 25, 2013
- Flood, June 13, 2013
- Hail, May 28, 2013
- Hail, April 10, 2013
- Ice Storm, December 26, 2012
- Flood, October 29, 2012
- Hail, September 22, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 7, 2012
- Hail, August 9, 2012
- Flood, July 26, 2012
- Hail, July 7, 2012
- Hail, July 4, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2012
- Hail, May 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2012
- Winter Weather, February 25, 2012
- High Wind, February 24, 2012
- Hail, November 14, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2011
- Flood, July 22, 2011
- Hail, June 21, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2011
- Hail, May 29, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2011
- Hail, May 25, 2011
- Hail, May 23, 2011
- High Wind, April 28, 2011
- Flood, March 10, 2011
- Flash Flood, February 27, 2011
- Ice Storm, February 1, 2011
- Ice Storm, January 31, 2011
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2010
- Blizzard, December 5, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 16, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 7, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2010
- Hail, July 17, 2010
- Tornado, June 6, 2010
- Flood, May 31, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 14, 2010
- Hail, May 7, 2010
- Blizzard, February 9, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2009
- High Wind, December 9, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 2009
- Flood, February 8, 2009
- Ice Storm, January 27, 2009
- Heavy Snow, January 17, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 2009
- Heavy Snow, January 9, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2009
- Heavy Snow, November 20, 2008
- Winter Weather, October 28, 2008
- High Wind, September 14, 2008
- Hail, July 26, 2008
- Hail, July 8, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2008
- Hail, June 26, 2008
- Hail, June 22, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2008
- High Wind, January 30, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 1, 2008
- Ice Storm, December 13, 2007
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Mercer CountyEvery warning in Mercer 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.