Storm History: Monroe County, Pennsylvania
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Monroe 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
- 1,331
- Deaths
- 12
- Injuries
- 78
- Damage
- $117 million
- Episodes
- 1,093
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Weather | 298 | 1 | 11 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 204 | 2 | 16 | $88,000 |
| Hail | 151 | 0 | 0 | $725,000 |
| Winter Storm | 113 | 4 | 28 | $11 million |
| Strong Wind | 85 | 0 | 4 | $241,000 |
| Flash Flood | 70 | 2 | 0 | $33 million |
| Heavy Snow | 54 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tornado | 49 | 0 | 2 | $4.0 million |
| High Wind | 47 | 0 | 0 | $392,000 |
| Drought | 41 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 33 | 1 | 0 | |
| Flood | 29 | 0 | 2 | $66 million |
| Heat | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 18 | 1 | 8 | $15,000 |
| Ice Storm | 16 | 0 | 2 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 12 | 0 | 2 | $2,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sleet | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 3 | 1 | 0 | $350,000 |
| Blizzard | 2 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Devil | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
The deadliest
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2006
- Tropical Storm, August 27, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2008
- Winter Storm, January 2, 1999
- Lightning, August 2, 2002
- Winter Storm, December 2, 2007
- Winter Storm, October 29, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2012
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2013
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, April 2, 2005
- Flood, January 19, 1996
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2006
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2005
- Tornado, March 21, 1976
- Tornado, July 29, 2009
- Blizzard, January 7, 1996
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2003
- Storm Surge/Tide, September 18, 2003
- Flood, October 29, 2012
- Tornado, November 8, 1996
- Flash Flood, September 16, 1999
- Hail, July 7, 2011
- Tropical Storm, August 27, 2011
- Hail, July 23, 2012
- High Wind, February 17, 2006
- High Wind, January 14, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2015
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 31, 1985
- Tornado, April 5, 1952
- Tornado, March 21, 1976
- Tornado, September 13, 1972
- Tornado, October 5, 1979
- Tornado, July 20, 1981
- Tornado, November 20, 1989
- Tornado, June 30, 1990
- Tornado, July 15, 1992
- Tornado, May 29, 1995
- Tornado, July 29, 2009
- Tornado, October 31, 2019
- Tornado, August 4, 2020
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 6, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2026
- High Wind, February 7, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2026
- Dense Fog, January 6, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2026
- High Wind, December 29, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 19, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 10, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2025
- Hail, July 3, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2025
- Dense Fog, May 15, 2025
- Hail, April 15, 2025
- Winter Weather, March 24, 2025
- High Wind, February 16, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2025
- Dense Fog, December 28, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 20, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 9, 2024
- Winter Weather, November 28, 2024
- Winter Storm, November 21, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2024
- Hail, July 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2024
- Hail, June 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2024
- High Wind, March 23, 2024
- High Wind, March 11, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 24, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 11, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 2, 2023
- Hail, September 7, 2023
- Tornado, August 7, 2023
- Hail, July 25, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2023
- Tornado, June 26, 2023
- Dense Fog, April 6, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 13, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 10, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 6, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2023
- Dense Fog, March 2, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 27, 2023
- Dense Fog, February 23, 2023
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2023
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 31, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 22, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 11, 2022
- Winter Weather, November 15, 2022
- Hail, August 22, 2022
- Lightning, August 5, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2022
- Hail, June 1, 2022
- Hail, May 16, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 23, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 19, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 9, 2022
- Ice Storm, February 24, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 9, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 27, 2021
- Winter Weather, December 21, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2021
- Hail, July 6, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2021
- Hail, June 14, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2021
- Hail, June 4, 2021
- High Wind, April 30, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 9, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 26, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2020
- Tornado, August 4, 2020
- Hail, July 22, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2020
- Hail, July 6, 2020
- Winter Weather, March 23, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 23, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 18, 2019
- Flash Flood, October 31, 2019
- Tornado, October 31, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2019
- Tornado, May 29, 2019
- Tornado, May 19, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 10, 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 Storm, January 29, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2018
- Tornado, October 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 17, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 2018
- Flash Flood, April 16, 2018
- High Wind, April 4, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 3, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 2, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 27, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 12, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 6, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 23, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2017
- Strong Wind, October 24, 2017
- Flood, August 19, 2017
- Flood, August 1, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2017
- Flood, July 7, 2017
- Blizzard, March 14, 2017
- Winter Weather, March 10, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2017
- High Wind, January 23, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 2, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 24, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 11, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 6, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2016
- Heavy Snow, November 20, 2016
- Flood, September 19, 2016
- Hail, August 13, 2016
- Wildfire, April 20, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 7, 2016
- Hail, April 2, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 23, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 9, 2016
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2015
- Winter Weather, December 3, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2015
- Tornado, June 30, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2015
- Flood, June 14, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2015
- Wildfire, April 6, 2015
- Strong Wind, April 4, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 31, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 25, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 20, 2015
- Strong Wind, March 17, 2015
- Strong Wind, March 15, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 14, 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
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 15, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 15, 2015
- High Wind, February 15, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 5, 2015
- Strong Wind, February 2, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 2015
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Monroe CountyEvery warning in Monroe 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.