Strong Wind in Pennsylvania

Events

1,259

Deaths

14

Injuries

22

Damage

$8.4 million

• Flash Flood and Flooding in Pennsylvania, August 28, 20111 death · 1 injured · $2.1 million · 12 eventsHurricane Irene moved north-northeast along the Mid-Atlantic Coast from North Carolina to Long Island New York.
• Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, December 16 to 17, 20071 death · 1 injured · $620,000 · 10 eventsA strong area of high pressure was anchored over southeastern Canada on December 15th. This high gradually moved eastward during the day, however it wedged itself down into the Mid Atlantic region. Meanwhile, a storm system became more organized across the Gulf Coast states.
• High Wind and Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, December 1, 20041 death · $170,000 · 50 kt wind · 10 eventsThe combination of a rapidly intensifying low pressure system and a strong cold frontal passage produced peak wind gusts of around 50 mph across Eastern Pennsylvania during the second half of the morning and throughout most of the afternoon of the 1st.
• High Wind and Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, March 8 to 9, 20081 death · $145,000 · 50 kt wind · 10 eventsStrong to damaging wind gusts affected eastern Pennsylvania during the evening and overnight on the 8th after a line of severe thunderstorms passed through eastern sections of the state.
• Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, February 10, 20081 death · 1 injured · $80,000 · 10 eventsAn arctic front swept across Pennsylvania during the morning hours of the 10th. Northwesterly winds increased in its wake and became rather gusty during the afternoon and evening hours. The strongest wind gusts averaged around 50 mph.
• Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, February 2, 20151 death · $67,000 · 13 eventsStrong, gusty northwest winds occurred in the wake of a departing and intensifying low pressure system during the late afternoon and early evening on the 2nd in Eastern Pennsylvania. One motorist was killed by a downed tree in Delaware County.
• Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, March 10 to 11, 20241 death · $55,000 · 5 eventsStrong wind gusts (45-55 mph) following a cold frontal passage on March 10, 2024 produced isolated reports of trees down across central Pennsylvania, including a tree that fell onto a home in Cumberland County and caused a fatality.
• Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, September 30, 20101 death · $50,000 · 5 eventsThe combination of strong south to southeast winds during the day and evening on the 30th and periods of heavy rain downed weak trees, tree limbs and wires in Southeastern Pennsylvania. An automobile accident with a downed tree in Chester County claimed the life of one man.
• High Wind and Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, March 6, 19971 death · 59 kt wind · 10 eventsA rapidly intensifying low pressure system and the pressure difference between it and a high pressure system over the Upper Plains caused strong to locally damaging winds in Eastern Pennsylvania and one fatality.
• Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, March 14, 20211 death · $15,000 · 1 eventGusty west winds following a cold frontal passage knocked down a single tree from a steep embankment across the 3800 block of Lisburn Road in Cumberland County. The tree brought down power lines and struck a truck that was traveling southbound on Lisburn Road.
• High Wind and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 23 to 24, 20171 death · $10 · 50 kt wind · 4 eventsAn area of low pressure over North Carolina on the 23rd strengthened and moved northeast to a location just off the New Jersey Coastline on the morning of the 24th. With a very tight pressure gradient, winds increased ahead of the storm reaching in excess of 50 mph.
• Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, February 12, 20171 death · $1,000 · 2 eventsStrong winds on the backside of a powerful coastal storm produced widespread gusts between 40 and 55 mph across Central Pennsylvania during the late-evening and into the overnight hours.
• Damaging Wind and Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, November 20, 20241 death · $9,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 eventsAn approaching area of surface low pressure with an associated warm and cold front allowed for some areas of instability across southern portions of the Laurel Highlands and south-central Pennsylvania during the late afternoon and evening hours of November 20, 2024.
• Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, November 13, 20031 death · 1 eventAn 84-year-old woman was knocked down on the sidewalk, and died, in front of a beauty shop, in Patterson Twp by a gust of wind estimated at 55 mph (48 kt).
• Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, September 2, 20061 death · 1 eventStrong winds associated with the remnants of tropical storm Ernesto, coupled with heavy rainfall, allowed for multiple trees to fall in Eagle Peak Campground, Millcreek Township, in Lebanon County. One of these trees struck a camper, killing one individual.
• High Wind and Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, February 12, 2009$5.3 million · 56 kt wind · 10 eventsStrong to high winds affected Eastern Pennsylvania during the day on the 12th. The strong winds started shortly after a cold frontal passage between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. EST and persisted through most of the day.
• High Wind and Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, January 12 to 13, 20243 injured · $555,000 · 56 kt wind · 10 eventsA powerful surface low pressure system lifted from the middle Mississippi Valley and across Michigan during the January 12-13 period.
• High Wind and Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, January 9 to 10, 2024$1.6 million · 59 kt wind · 11 eventsA strong surface low pressure center was located over the middle Mississippi Valley during the morning of January 9th, and tracked across Ohio and the eastern Great Lakes through the 10th. Many reports of rainfall in the 1 to 2 inch range were received from area gauges.
• Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, March 13, 20101 injured · $995,000 · 10 eventsThe combination of the heavy rain and strong winds downed weak trees, tree limbs and wires throughout Eastern Pennsylvania and affected Bucks County the hardest. The strongest wind gusts mainly occurred during the afternoon of the 13th.
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Pennsylvania, June 26, 2024$208,000 · 1 in hail · 48 eventsNumerous showers and storms developed ahead of an approaching cold front on June 26, 2024. Some of these storms became severe, producing sporadic wind damage and a few severe hail reports across central Pennsylvania.
• Flooding and Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, October 29 to 31, 2012$460,000 · 31 eventsThe remnants of Sandy brought a variety of weather impacts to western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, and Garrett county Maryland as the storm made landfall and interacted with a cold front essentially right over the region.
• High Wind and Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, January 14 to 15, 2006$780,000 · 53 kt wind · 10 eventsA slow moving and intense low pressure system combined with a high pressure ridge across the Mississippi Valley to produce a prolonged period of strong to high winds across Eastern Pennsylvania from the second half of the afternoon on the 14th through the late afternoon on the…
• High Wind and Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, February 15, 20151 injured · $385,000 · 53 kt wind · 13 eventsThe increasing pressure difference (gradient) between a rapidly intensifying low pressure system offshore and an arctic high pressure system moving east from the Great Lakes caused strong northwest winds to occur in Eastern Pennsylvania on the 15th through the early afternoon.
• High Wind and Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, December 1 to 2, 20063 injured · $145,000 · 50 kt wind · 10 eventsA southerly flow preceding a powerful cold front produced high winds during the afternoon in most of Eastern Pennsylvania. The westerly flow behind the front during the evening produced strong winds throughout the region.
• Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, April 16, 2007$430,000 · 10 eventsIn the wake of the departing nor easter, the combination of strong winds, snow on tree limbs and heavy rain loosening the ground caused many tree limbs, trees and wires to be knocked down on the 16th. Over 160,000 homes and businesses across Eastern Pennsylvania lost power.

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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.