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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Danielsville, PA

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

22 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Danielsville, Pennsylvania since 1851, 1 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 50 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
1

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
21

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
50

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
3

no recorded deaths

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Danielsville

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Danielsville, Pennsylvania, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021IdaSep 262 miTropical storm (41 mph)Category 4
2020IsaiasAug 416 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 1
2020FayJul 1174 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
2012SandyOct 3069 miTropical storm (67 mph)Category 3
1996BerthaJul 1366 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1979DavidSep 663 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 5
1971DoriaAug 2874 miTropical storm (54 mph)Tropical storm
1955DianeAug 1935 miTropical storm (43 mph)Category 2
1952AbleSep 116 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1949Unnamed 1949 stormAug 2941 miTropical storm (56 mph)Category 4
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 1962 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1933Unnamed 1933 stormAug 2472 miTropical storm (48 mph)Category 4
1929Unnamed 1929 stormOct 318 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 3074 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 429 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 1
1903Unnamed 1903 stormSep 169 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 2
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 114 miTropical storm (56 mph)Category 2
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 299 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 226 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 2319 miCategory 1 (83 mph)Category 2
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 3074 miTropical storm (60 mph)Tropical storm
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 1960 miTropical storm (51 mph)Tropical storm

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Danielsville: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Danielsville

By decade

  • 2020s5
  • 2010s8
  • 2000s3
  • 1990s8(1 EF3+)
  • 1980s12(1 EF3+)
  • 1970s11(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s1
  • 1950s2
Strongest tornadoes near Danielsville, Pennsylvania
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 31, 1998F325 mi8.3 mi0 / 7
Jul 26, 1981F32 mi3.3 mi0 / 2
Mar 21, 1976F321 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
Jul 29, 2009EF216 mi4.58 mi0 / 2
Nov 8, 1996F22 mi2 mi0 / 1
Jul 5, 1984F223 mi7 mi0 / 2
Jul 5, 1984F221 mi5 mi0 / 0
Jul 5, 1984F219 mi8 mi0 / 0
Jul 5, 1984F224 mi3 mi0 / 0
Jul 20, 1981F218 mi4.1 mi0 / 0
Apr 29, 1981F25 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Oct 5, 1979F212 mi0.3 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 50, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Danielsville while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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