Pennsylvania

Storm History: York County, Pennsylvania

685 episodes, 1,102 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in York 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
1,102
Deaths
11
Injuries
61
Damage
$59 million
Episodes
685

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
Hail30306$1.8 million
Thunderstorm Wind301328$5.5 million
Flash Flood15930$11 million
Tornado124123$15 million
Flood6701$354,000
Heavy Snow3720$42,000
Winter Storm3600$25,000
High Wind2010$79,000
Drought1600
Ice Storm800
Winter Weather812
Excessive Heat600
Heat500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Strong Wind300$23,000
Blizzard100
Cold/Wind Chill100$25 million
Lightning101
Tropical Storm100
Wildfire100

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 York County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in York CountyEvery warning in York 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.