Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Everett, PA

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Everett, PA, in Everett at 1,000 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 85°F and low of 61°F; January is the coolest, at 39°F and 21°F. May and June are the wettest at 4.2 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.2 inches; the year adds up to 40.4 inches over 80 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 52% of the year's precipitation (21.1 of 40.4 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 18 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (7); a normal September there has highs of 77°F and 4.0 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 11 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 142 nights a year. Snowfall averages 27.0 inches a year, most of it in February. That 40.4 inches is more than at 13 of the 148 Pennsylvania stations used on this site (9%). Bedford, 8 miles west, has its own station (Wolfsburg, PA): 40.6 inches a year, 0.2 more than here, and a July average high of 86°F against 85°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 64 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Everett: 57 thunderstorm wind reports, 3 flash floods, 3 floods and 1 lightning strike. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $188,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on June 16, 1998.

Flood insurance policyholders in Everett's ZIP code 15537 have filed 93 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $1.2 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1996: 23 claims (25% of all) and $439,000, then Tropical Storm Ivan in 2004 with 16. The year with the most claims was 2004, with 30. 51% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 553 Pennsylvania cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 362 have fewer than Everett.