Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Indiana, PA

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Indiana 3 SE, PA, 3 miles southeast of Indiana at 1,102 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 83°F and low of 59°F; January is the coolest, at 36°F and 18°F. July is the wettest at 5.1 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 3.0 inches; the year adds up to 47.8 inches over 102 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 53% of the year's precipitation (25.4 of 47.8 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 11 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (5); a normal September there has highs of 75°F and 4.2 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 8 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 131 nights a year. Snowfall averages 45.8 inches a year, most of it in January. That 47.8 inches is more than at 110 of the 148 Pennsylvania stations used on this site (74%). Shelocta, 9 miles west, has its own station (Ford City 4 S Dam, PA): 44.4 inches a year, 3.4 less than here, and a July average high of 84°F against 83°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 196 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Indiana: 162 thunderstorm wind reports, 17 flash floods, 15 floods and 2 heavy rain events. They killed 1 person and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $1.8 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 85 mph, on August 13, 1999. June has had the most flash floods, 9 of 17. Of the 788 Pennsylvania cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 301 have had fewer than Indiana.

Flood insurance policyholders in Indiana's ZIP code 15701 have filed 200 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $999,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Tropical Storm Ivan in 2004: 31 claims (16% of all) and $136,000, then Flooding in 1996 with 17. The year with the most claims was 2017, with 48. 25% 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, 469 have fewer than Indiana.