NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Folcroft, PA
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
39 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Folcroft, Pennsylvania since 1851, 3 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 91 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 3
- Tropical storms
- 36
- Tornadoes
- 91
- EF3 or stronger
- 4
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
3 deaths in all
What the records show for Folcroft
The strongest storm to pass near Folcroft was an unnamed storm in 1893, a Category 1 hurricane with 89 mph winds when its centre passed 73 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was an unnamed storm in 1904, whose centre came within 52 miles. The record near Folcroft begins with an unnamed storm in 1861; the most recent system was Ida in 2021, a tropical storm directly overhead. Of the 39 systems, 8 have come since 2000. Folcroft has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 89% of the 794 Pennsylvania cities on this site. The highest rating among the 91 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3 or EF3, reached 4 times; the most recent, on September 1, 2021, came within 10 miles. The deadliest, an EF2 on September 1, 2021, killed 1 person. Of the 91, 2 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 29 have come since 2000. July has had the most tornadoes, 22. The most recent tornado was on May 16, 2025. Folcroft has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 93% of the 794 Pennsylvania cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 109 times since 1957, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Folcroft has more hail reports within 10 miles than 90% of the 794 Pennsylvania cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Folcroft
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | IdaSep 2 | overhead | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2021 | ElsaJul 9 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2020 | IsaiasAug 4 | 17 mi | Tropical storm (64 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2020 | FayJul 10 | 50 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2013 | AndreaJun 8 | 69 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2012 | SandyOct 30 | 14 mi | Tropical storm (71 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2011 | IreneAug 28 | 54 mi | Tropical storm (67 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2008 | HannaSep 6 | 28 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1999 | FloydSep 16 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1996 | BerthaJul 13 | 23 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1992 | DanielleSep 26 | 38 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1971 | DoriaAug 28 | 38 mi | Tropical storm (64 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1961 | Unnamed 1961 stormSep 15 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1960 | BrendaJul 30 | 44 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1955 | DianeAug 19 | 27 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1952 | AbleSep 1 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1944 | Unnamed 1944 stormAug 3 | 62 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormJun 19 | 3 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1929 | Unnamed 1929 stormOct 3 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1924 | Unnamed 1924 stormSep 30 | 41 mi | Tropical storm (70 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormMay 17 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormAug 4 | 27 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1904 | Unnamed 1904 stormSep 15 | 52 mi | Category 1 (76 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1903 | Unnamed 1903 stormSep 16 | 21 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormJun 16 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1900 | Unnamed 1900 stormOct 14 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1899 | Unnamed 1899 stormNov 1 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormAug 29 | 42 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormAug 24 | 73 mi | Category 1 (89 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormSep 11 | 41 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormAug 22 | 68 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1882 | Unnamed 1882 stormSep 24 | 54 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1878 | Unnamed 1878 stormOct 23 | 59 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1877 | Unnamed 1877 stormOct 5 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1874 | Unnamed 1874 stormSep 29 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1872 | Unnamed 1872 stormOct 26 | 29 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1866 | Unnamed 1866 stormOct 30 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1863 | Unnamed 1863 stormSep 19 | 25 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1861 | Unnamed 1861 stormSep 28 | 41 mi | Tropical storm (67 mph) | Category 1 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Folcroft: 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 Folcroft
By decade
- 2020s14(2 EF3+)
- 2010s9
- 2000s6
- 1990s22
- 1980s17
- 1970s8
- 1960s9(1 EF3+)
- 1950s6(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 1955 | F3 | 15 mi | 9.6 mi | 1 / 0 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | EF3 | 10 mi | 12.37 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jul 29, 2021 | EF3 | 22 mi | 3.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 28, 1961 | F3 | 22 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | EF2 | 15 mi | 8.28 mi | 1 / 2 |
| Aug 4, 2020 | EF2 | 21 mi | 20.77 mi | 0 / 18 |
| Oct 31, 2019 | EF2 | 12 mi | 0.47 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Sep 28, 2004 | F2 | 19 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 31, 1998 | F2 | 21 mi | 5.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 17, 1992 | F2 | 23 mi | 4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 18, 1990 | F2 | 18 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 9, 1989 | F2 | 8 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 1 |
The strongest 12 of 91, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Folcroft
The Storm Prediction Center has 109 hail reports within 10 miles of Folcroft since 1957, made on 65 separate days. Of these, 55 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), was reported on 9 days, most recently June 24, 2010. The most recent report is from May 3, 2025. May has the most reports, 30.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Folcroft
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Philadelphia International Airport, PA, 3 miles southeast of Folcroft at 10 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 88°F and low of 70°F; January is the coolest, at 41°F and 26°F. July and September are the wettest at 4.4 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.8 inches; the year adds up to 44.2 inches over 73 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 53% of the year's precipitation (23.5 of 44.2 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 39 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (14); a normal September there has highs of 79°F and 4.4 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 30 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 77 nights a year. Snowfall averages 23.1 inches a year, most of it in February. That 44.2 inches is more than at 71 of the 148 Pennsylvania stations used on this site (48%). Lansdowne, 3 miles north, has its own station (Phila Franklin Inst, PA): 50.9 inches a year, 6.7 more than here, and a July average high of 89°F against 88°F.
Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Philadelphia, PA, 8 miles east, averaged 80°F in July and 38°F in February over 2021–2025. It averaged 80°F or warmer from July. Sea level at the Philadelphia tide gauge, 8 miles from Folcroft, has risen 1.24 ± 0.04 inches per decade from 1900 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 12.4 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 73 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in | Water °F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 41 | 26 | 3.1 | 6 | 7.1 | 38 |
| Feb | 44 | 28 | 2.8 | 6 | 8.4 | 38 |
| Mar | 53 | 34 | 4.0 | 7 | 3.6 | 45 |
| Apr | 65 | 44 | 3.5 | 6 | 0.3 | 54 |
| May | 74 | 54 | 3.3 | 6 | 0.0 | 63 |
| Jun | 83 | 64 | 4.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 73 |
| Jul | 88 | 70 | 4.4 | 6 | 0.0 | 80 |
| Aug | 86 | 68 | 4.3 | 6 | 0.0 | 79 |
| Sep | 79 | 61 | 4.4 | 6 | 0.0 | 74 |
| Oct | 67 | 49 | 3.5 | 6 | 0.0 | 65 |
| Nov | 56 | 39 | 2.9 | 6 | 0.2 | 54 |
| Dec | 46 | 31 | 4.0 | 7 | 3.5 | 43 |
| Year | 65 | 47 | 44.2 | 73 | 23.1 | 59 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Philadelphia International Airport, PA (10 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Philadelphia, PA, from NOAA Tides & Currents. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Folcroft
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 849 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Folcroft: 544 thunderstorm wind reports, 194 flash floods, 72 floods, 26 lightning strikes and 13 heavy rain events. They killed 8 people and injured 35, and the NWS estimated $112.6 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 105 mph, on April 4, 2025. July has had the most flash floods, 59 of 194. Of the 788 Pennsylvania cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 748 have had fewer than Folcroft.
October 14, 2003: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Folcroft — 1 killed, 1 injured.
July 28, 2013: flash flood 4 miles from the centre of Folcroft — 1 killed, 1 injured.
November 15, 2008: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Folcroft — 1 killed.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Delaware County, which includes Folcroft, has been named in 24 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 16 of them major disasters (by incident: 7 hurricanes, 6 floods, 4 severe storms, 3 snowstorms). The latest major disaster declaration was Remnants of Hurricane Ida, on September 10, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Delaware County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for tornadoes, inland flooding, strong wind, lightning and heat waves; Relatively Moderate for hurricanes and coastal flooding; Very Low for hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $134.9 million a year, the 7th highest of 67 Pennsylvania counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $73.9 million (55%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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