Storm History: Potter County, Pennsylvania
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Potter 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
- 398
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 9
- Damage
- $502 million
- Episodes
- 319
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 | 101 | 0 | 3 | $151,000 |
| Hail | 56 | 0 | 0 | $55,000 |
| Tornado | 48 | 1 | 4 | $615,000 |
| Flash Flood | 42 | 0 | 0 | $65,000 |
| Winter Storm | 38 | 0 | 2 | |
| Heavy Snow | 29 | 0 | 0 | $4,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 15 | 0 | 0 | $29,000 |
| Flood | 9 | 0 | 0 | $800,000 |
| Winter Weather | 9 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Drought | 7 | 0 | 0 | $500 million |
| Lake-Effect Snow | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $16,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Drought, July 1, 1999
- Flood, December 1, 2010
- Tornado, July 21, 2003
- Tornado, July 1, 1999
- Tornado, May 2, 2012
- Tornado, July 27, 2013
- Tornado, March 16, 2025
- Tornado, June 12, 1954
- Tornado, September 15, 1957
- Tornado, July 28, 1973
- Tornado, July 29, 1974
- Tornado, July 24, 2010
- Tornado, July 26, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2020
- Flash Flood, September 21, 2024
- Hail, August 9, 2009
- Flash Flood, November 16, 2006
- Tornado, June 14, 2026
- Strong Wind, September 7, 2020
- High Wind, December 12, 2000
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, July 20, 2023
- Hail, May 31, 2002
- Flash Flood, September 21, 2024
- Hail, June 26, 2009
- Hail, September 2, 2013
- Hail, July 7, 2012
- Hail, August 15, 1996
- Hail, June 18, 1990
- Hail, August 28, 1990
- Hail, June 4, 1972
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2021
- Hail, July 6, 2020
- Hail, April 14, 2019
- Hail, August 31, 1993
- Hail, May 30, 1987
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 14, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 11, 2026
- Winter Weather, December 31, 2025
- Lake-Effect Snow, November 27, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2025
- Flood, May 16, 2025
- Tornado, March 16, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 29, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 4, 2024
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 2, 2024
- Flash Flood, September 21, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2024
- Hail, July 20, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 6, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Ice Storm, December 15, 2022
- Winter Weather, November 17, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 11, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 9, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 7, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 3, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 16, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2020
- Drought, October 1, 2020
- Drought, September 22, 2020
- Strong Wind, September 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2020
- Hail, July 6, 2020
- Hail, June 3, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2019
- Hail, August 15, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 2019
- Hail, April 14, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2018
- High Wind, April 4, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 15, 2017
- Tornado, May 1, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2017
- Strong Wind, March 31, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2015
- Hail, June 23, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 23, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 2014
- Hail, August 21, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 28, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2013
- Ice Storm, November 26, 2013
- Hail, September 12, 2013
- Flash Flood, September 11, 2013
- Hail, September 2, 2013
- Tornado, July 27, 2013
- Hail, May 22, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2012
- Flood, October 29, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 2012
- Hail, August 9, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2012
- Tornado, July 26, 2012
- Hail, July 7, 2012
- Tornado, June 1, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2012
- Tornado, May 2, 2012
- Heavy Snow, April 22, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 14, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2011
- Tornado, May 30, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 2011
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 27, 2011
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2011
- Heavy Snow, March 6, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 20, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2011
- Flood, December 1, 2010
- Hail, October 11, 2010
- Tornado, July 24, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2010
- Flash Flood, January 25, 2010
- Winter Storm, October 15, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2009
- Hail, August 9, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2009
- Hail, June 26, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 2, 2009
- High Wind, February 12, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2009
- Ice Storm, December 23, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 11, 2008
- High Wind, September 14, 2008
- Hail, June 16, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2008
- Ice Storm, March 4, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2008
- Flood, February 6, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2008
- High Wind, January 30, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2007
- Ice Storm, December 9, 2007
- Ice Storm, December 2, 2007
- Hail, June 27, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2007
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2007
- Flood, March 15, 2007
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 6, 2007
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 2007
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2007
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 2007
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 2007
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 26, 2007
- High Wind, December 1, 2006
- Flash Flood, November 16, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2006
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2006
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2005
- Heavy Snow, December 2, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 6, 2005
- Hail, November 6, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 6, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 6, 2005
- Heavy Snow, October 25, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 29, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 16, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2005
- Hail, June 6, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2005
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2005
- High Wind, December 23, 2004
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 20, 2004
- High Wind, December 1, 2004
- Flood, September 17, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2004
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2004
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2004
- Heavy Snow, December 14, 2003
- Flood, November 19, 2003
- Flash Flood, November 19, 2003
- High Wind, November 13, 2003
- Tropical Storm, September 18, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2003
- Tornado, July 21, 2003
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2003
- Ice Storm, January 1, 2003
- Heavy Snow, December 25, 2002
- Ice Storm, December 13, 2002
- Ice Storm, December 10, 2002
- Heavy Snow, December 5, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2002
- Hail, May 31, 2002
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2002
- High Wind, March 9, 2002
- High Wind, February 1, 2002
- Ice Storm, January 31, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 9, 2001
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2001
- High Wind, February 10, 2001
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2000
- High Wind, December 12, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 4, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2000
- Hail, July 16, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 18, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 18, 2000
- Hail, May 12, 2000
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2000
- Ice Storm, February 13, 2000
- High Wind, January 4, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 13, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 13, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 13, 1999
- Drought, August 1, 1999
- Drought, July 1, 1999
- Tornado, July 1, 1999
- Heavy Snow, March 6, 1999
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 1999
- Winter Storm, January 14, 1999
- Heavy Snow, January 12, 1999
- Winter Storm, January 8, 1999
- Winter Storm, January 2, 1999
- Drought, December 15, 1998
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Potter CountyEvery warning in Potter 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.