Storm History: York County, Pennsylvania
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 303 | 0 | 6 | $1.8 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 301 | 3 | 28 | $5.5 million |
| Flash Flood | 159 | 3 | 0 | $11 million |
| Tornado | 124 | 1 | 23 | $15 million |
| Flood | 67 | 0 | 1 | $354,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 37 | 2 | 0 | $42,000 |
| Winter Storm | 36 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| High Wind | 20 | 1 | 0 | $79,000 |
| Drought | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 8 | 1 | 2 | |
| Excessive Heat | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $23,000 |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | $25 million |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tropical Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Cold/Wind Chill, April 9, 1997
- Flash Flood, May 9, 2004
- Flash Flood, September 7, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2021
- Tornado, April 5, 1952
- Tornado, July 29, 1961
- Tornado, June 7, 1980
- Tornado, May 13, 1990
- Tornado, October 9, 1992
- Hail, February 25, 2017
- Tornado, September 24, 2001
- Flood, August 7, 2023
- Tornado, July 27, 1969
- Tornado, June 15, 1989
- Tornado, June 8, 1990
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 4, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2009
- Tornado, February 25, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 9, 2001
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 5, 1952
- Tornado, March 21, 1976
- Tornado, July 11, 1976
- Tornado, June 7, 1980
- Tornado, June 13, 1956
- Tornado, July 29, 1961
- Tornado, May 24, 1962
- Tornado, March 27, 1963
- Tornado, July 27, 1969
- Tornado, July 2, 1970
- Tornado, April 14, 1974
- Tornado, August 28, 1978
- Tornado, April 9, 1980
- Tornado, May 12, 1980
- Tornado, July 20, 1981
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 14, 2026
- Flood, June 11, 2026
- Flood, June 10, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2026
- Drought, May 12, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2026
- Flood, February 20, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2026
- Drought, January 13, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2026
- High Wind, December 29, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 19, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2025
- Strong Wind, October 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 25, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 25, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 23, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Flood, May 16, 2025
- Drought, May 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 4, 2025
- Drought, April 1, 2025
- Tornado, March 16, 2025
- Drought, March 1, 2025
- Strong Wind, March 1, 2025
- Drought, February 1, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2025
- Drought, January 1, 2025
- Drought, December 1, 2024
- Drought, November 19, 2024
- Flash Flood, September 21, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2024
- Hail, July 16, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2024
- Hail, April 15, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 15, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 2023
- Hail, September 7, 2023
- Tornado, August 7, 2023
- Tornado, August 7, 2023
- Flood, August 7, 2023
- Flood, July 28, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2023
- Hail, June 26, 2023
- Tornado, June 12, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2023
- Hail, April 22, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 1, 2023
- Ice Storm, December 15, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2022
- Hail, July 2, 2022
- Hail, July 1, 2022
- Hail, June 16, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2022
- Hail, May 20, 2022
- Hail, March 31, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 11, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 7, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2022
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Tornado, August 18, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2021
- High Wind, April 30, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 28, 2021
- Wildfire, March 14, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2020
- Hail, July 6, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2020
- Hail, June 3, 2020
- Hail, May 29, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 13, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2019
- Hail, August 15, 2019
- Hail, July 30, 2019
- Hail, July 21, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2019
- Hail, May 29, 2019
- Hail, May 19, 2019
- Hail, April 14, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 31, 2018
- Hail, August 17, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2018
- Excessive Heat, July 2, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2018
- Hail, May 15, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 12, 2018
- Hail, May 10, 2018
- High Wind, April 4, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 20, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2018
- Hail, September 5, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2017
- Hail, May 18, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2017
- Tornado, February 25, 2017
- Hail, February 25, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2016
- Excessive Heat, August 13, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2016
- Excessive Heat, July 25, 2016
- Hail, July 25, 2016
- Hail, July 23, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2016
- Hail, June 28, 2016
- Hail, June 21, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2016
- High Wind, April 3, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 24, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 28, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 9, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 12, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2015
- Hail, June 23, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2015
- Heavy Snow, November 25, 2014
- Hail, July 27, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2014
- Tornado, July 8, 2014
- Hail, July 3, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2014
- Hail, May 22, 2014
- Flood, April 30, 2014
- Winter Weather, March 30, 2014
- Flood, March 30, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2013
- Flood, October 10, 2013
- Hail, September 12, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2013
- Tornado, August 7, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2013
- Hail, June 28, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2013
- Flood, January 31, 2013
- Flood, October 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2012
- Hail, August 3, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2012
- Tornado, July 26, 2012
- Hail, July 18, 2012
- Hail, July 7, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2012
- Tornado, June 1, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2012
- Heavy Snow, October 29, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 23, 2011
- Hail, September 11, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 7, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2011
- Hail, August 19, 2011
- Hail, August 1, 2011
- Hail, July 23, 2011
- Hail, July 22, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2011
- Tornado, June 12, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2011
- Hail, June 11, 2011
- Hail, June 9, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2011
- Tornado, May 27, 2011
- Tornado, May 26, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2011
- Flood, April 28, 2011
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, April 16, 2011
- Flood, April 16, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 16, 2011
- Flood, March 10, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 21, 2011
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.