Pennsylvania

Storm History: Perry County, Pennsylvania

332 episodes, 407 events since 1963

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Perry 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
407
Deaths
5
Injuries
2
Damage
$1.3 million
Episodes
332

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 Wind10900$249,000
Hail8500$192,000
Flash Flood6011$279,000
Winter Storm3100
Tornado3001$468,000
Heavy Snow2500$4,000
Flood2200$2,000
High Wind1620$63,000
Ice Storm500
Heat520
Drought400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Excessive Heat400
Winter Weather300
Blizzard200$5,000
Tropical Storm100
Strong Wind100$5,000

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 Perry County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Perry CountyEvery warning in Perry 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.