Pennsylvania

Storm History: Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

356 episodes, 449 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Northumberland 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
449
Deaths
2
Injuries
26
Damage
$27 million
Episodes
356

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 Wind13300$427,000
Hail9000$294,000
Tornado53220$25 million
Flash Flood4900$797,000
Winter Storm2700
Heavy Snow2600$4,000
Flood2200$14,000
Drought1100
Ice Storm900
High Wind800$14,000
Winter Weather700$15,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Heat300
Excessive Heat200
Blizzard100
Lightning106
Tropical Storm100
Strong Wind100$10,000

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 Northumberland County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Northumberland CountyEvery warning in Northumberland 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.