Pennsylvania

Storm History: Monroe County, Pennsylvania

1,093 episodes, 1,331 events since 1952

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.

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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
Winter Weather298111
Thunderstorm Wind204216$88,000
Hail15100$725,000
Winter Storm113428$11 million
Strong Wind8504$241,000
Flash Flood7020$33 million
Heavy Snow5402
Tornado4902$4.0 million
High Wind4700$392,000
Drought4100
Cold/Wind Chill3310
Flood2902$66 million
Heat2700
Dense Fog2500
Heavy Rain2400
Lightning1818$15,000
Ice Storm1602
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1400
Wildfire1202$2,000
Excessive Heat800
Sleet400
Tropical Storm310$350,000
Blizzard200$1.0 million
Frost/Freeze200
Dust Devil101
Storm Surge/Tide100$1.0 million

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 Monroe County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.