Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Hyndman, PA

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Cumberland 2, MD, 9 miles south of Hyndman at 730 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 87°F and low of 64°F; January is the coolest, at 39°F and 23°F. May is the wettest at 4.2 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.4 inches; the year adds up to 39.3 inches over 79 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 51% of the year's precipitation (20.0 of 39.3 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 15 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (6); a normal September there has highs of 79°F and 3.6 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 37 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 111 nights a year. Snowfall averages 28.7 inches a year, most of it in January. That 39.3 inches is more than at 10 of the 148 Pennsylvania stations used on this site (7%). Meyersdale, 13 miles west, has its own station (Meyersdale 2 SSW, PA): 41.8 inches a year, 2.5 more than here, and a July average high of 80°F against 87°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 134 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Hyndman: 95 thunderstorm wind reports, 20 flash floods and 19 floods. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $630,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on June 29, 2012. May has had the most flash floods, 13 of 20. Of the 788 Pennsylvania cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 334 have had fewer than Hyndman.

Flood insurance policyholders in Hyndman's ZIP code 15545 have filed 159 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $1.1 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1996: 138 claims (87% of all) and $1.1 million. 88% 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, 449 have fewer than Hyndman.