Storm History: Northampton County, Pennsylvania
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 247 | 0 | 2 | $3.1 million |
| Hail | 155 | 0 | 1 | $612,000 |
| Winter Weather | 154 | 2 | 8 | $25,000 |
| Flash Flood | 119 | 0 | 1 | $65 million |
| Winter Storm | 108 | 1 | 15 | $1.2 million |
| Tornado | 84 | 1 | 6 | $26 million |
| Strong Wind | 69 | 0 | 0 | $298,000 |
| Flood | 51 | 2 | 0 | $45 million |
| High Wind | 45 | 0 | 0 | $1.6 million |
| Heavy Snow | 43 | 0 | 1 | |
| Drought | 43 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 42 | 1 | 25 | |
| Lightning | 37 | 1 | 9 | $1.9 million |
| Dense Fog | 37 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 24 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 19 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 19 | 1 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 11 | 0 | 2 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 3 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| Blizzard | 2 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Sleet | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freezing Fog | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1.1 million |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Flood, April 2, 2005
- Tornado, August 11, 1983
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2006
- Flood, January 19, 1996
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2004
- Flood, March 10, 2011
- Tropical Storm, August 27, 2011
- Lightning, August 25, 2007
- High Wind, February 12, 2009
- Wildfire, April 23, 2007
- Storm Surge/Tide, September 18, 2003
- Blizzard, January 7, 1996
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 1, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2007
- Flood, October 29, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2000
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2007
- Tornado, June 30, 2015
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, June 3, 1980
- Tornado, June 18, 1970
- Tornado, March 21, 1976
- Tornado, July 26, 1981
- Tornado, July 29, 2021
- Tornado, May 6, 1991
- Tornado, October 18, 1967
- Tornado, June 29, 1973
- Tornado, July 20, 1981
- Tornado, September 23, 1986
- Tornado, November 20, 1989
- Tornado, July 15, 1992
- Tornado, May 29, 1995
- Tornado, November 8, 1996
- Tornado, October 31, 2019
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2026
- Freezing Fog, January 17, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2026
- Dense Fog, January 6, 2026
- 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
- Dense Fog, September 25, 2025
- Dense Fog, September 24, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 25, 2025
- Hail, July 3, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2025
- Dense Fog, May 15, 2025
- Tornado, May 6, 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
- Winter Weather, December 20, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 9, 2024
- Dense Fog, October 5, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2024
- Hail, June 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2024
- Dense Fog, May 10, 2024
- Dense Fog, May 6, 2024
- Hail, April 30, 2024
- Dense Fog, April 29, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 26, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 2, 2023
- Dense Fog, October 4, 2023
- Dense Fog, October 3, 2023
- Hail, September 7, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2023
- Tornado, June 26, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2023
- Tornado, April 22, 2023
- Hail, April 15, 2023
- Dense Fog, April 6, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 6, 2023
- Dense Fog, March 2, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 27, 2023
- Dense Fog, February 23, 2023
- Dense Fog, February 17, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 3, 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
- Dense Fog, December 7, 2022
- Hail, August 22, 2022
- Lightning, August 5, 2022
- Tornado, March 31, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 7, 2022
- Ice Storm, February 24, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 9, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 21, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 13, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 8, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2021
- Tornado, August 18, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2021
- Excessive Heat, August 11, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2021
- Tornado, July 29, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2021
- Hail, July 8, 2021
- Hail, July 6, 2021
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2021
- Hail, May 26, 2021
- High Wind, April 30, 2021
- Hail, April 21, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 9, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 7, 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
- Tornado, November 30, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2020
- Tornado, August 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2020
- Hail, July 22, 2020
- Hail, July 6, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 9, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 7, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2019
- Flash Flood, October 31, 2019
- Tornado, October 31, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2019
- Hail, August 18, 2019
- Hail, August 7, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2019
- Hail, June 29, 2019
- Hail, June 28, 2019
- Flash Flood, 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 Storm, January 19, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Flash Flood, November 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 17, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2018
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2018
- High Wind, April 4, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 2, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 6, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2017
- Flood, August 19, 2017
- Flood, August 1, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2017
- Flood, July 17, 2017
- Flood, July 7, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2017
- Tornado, June 19, 2017
- Blizzard, March 14, 2017
- Winter Weather, March 10, 2017
- Hail, February 25, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2016
- Lightning, June 28, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 7, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 5, 2016
- Strong Wind, March 28, 2016
- Flash Flood, February 24, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Freezing Fog, January 8, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2015
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2015
- Tornado, June 30, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 2015
- Wildfire, April 18, 2015
- Wildfire, April 6, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 31, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 20, 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
- 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
- Strong Wind, February 2, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 29, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 11, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2015
- Winter Weather, December 9, 2014
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2014
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2014
- Winter Weather, November 13, 2014
- Strong Wind, November 2, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2014
- Hail, July 9, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2014
- Hail, July 3, 2014
- Heat, July 2, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2014
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.