Pennsylvania

Storm History: Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

387 episodes, 655 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Susquehanna 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
655
Deaths
4
Injuries
1
Damage
$138 million
Episodes
387

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 Wind21900$1.6 million
Hail13410$221,000
Flash Flood11210$126 million
Heavy Snow5800$874,000
Tornado5200$1.0 million
Winter Storm2500$25,000
High Wind1110$700,000
Flood900$225,000
Winter Weather710
Cold/Wind Chill600$15,000
Ice Storm500$30,000
Drought300$200,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300$2,000
Heat300
Strong Wind200$10,000
Blizzard200
Dense Fog101
Excessive Heat100
Lake-Effect Snow100
Frost/Freeze100$7.5 million

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 Susquehanna County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Susquehanna CountyEvery warning in Susquehanna 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.