Pennsylvania

Storm History: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

771 episodes, 1,505 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Montgomery 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
1,505
Deaths
28
Injuries
106
Damage
$232 million
Episodes
771

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
Hail36141$1.6 million
Thunderstorm Wind29109$950,000
Flash Flood23388$164 million
Tornado132543$61 million
Winter Weather123136$10,000
Winter Storm8234$50,000
Flood6520$2.8 million
Dense Fog5100
Lightning3302$2.6 million
Excessive Heat2800
Heavy Rain2500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2210
Strong Wind1400$18,000
Heavy Snow1400
High Wind1100$12,000
Heat600
Ice Storm600
Blizzard320
Tropical Storm210$100,000
Cold/Wind Chill110
Wildfire103$1,000
Freezing Fog100

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 Montgomery County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Montgomery CountyEvery warning in Montgomery 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.