Pennsylvania

Storm History: Northampton County, Pennsylvania

1,064 episodes, 1,359 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Northampton 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
1,359
Deaths
10
Injuries
71
Damage
$149 million
Episodes
1,064

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 Wind24702$3.1 million
Hail15501$612,000
Winter Weather15428$25,000
Flash Flood11901$65 million
Winter Storm108115$1.2 million
Tornado8416$26 million
Strong Wind6900$298,000
Flood5120$45 million
High Wind4500$1.6 million
Heavy Snow4301
Drought4300
Heat42125
Lightning3719$1.9 million
Dense Fog3700
Heavy Rain2500
Excessive Heat2401
Cold/Wind Chill1910
Wildfire1910$1.2 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1400
Ice Storm1102
Frost/Freeze300$10,000
Tropical Storm300$1.5 million
Blizzard200$1.0 million
Sleet200
Freezing Fog200
Storm Surge/Tide100$1.1 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 Northampton County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Northampton CountyEvery warning in Northampton 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.