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Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit King Of Prussia, 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

33 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania since 1851, 2 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 88 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
2

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
31

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
88

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
4

6 deaths in all

What the records show for King Of Prussia

The strongest storm to pass near King Of Prussia was an unnamed storm in 1878, a Category 1 hurricane with 85 mph winds when its centre passed 48 miles away. The record near King Of Prussia begins with an unnamed storm in 1861; the most recent system was Ida in 2021, a tropical storm 15 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1870s, with 4 systems, one of them at hurricane strength. Of the 33 systems, 7 have come since 2000. King Of Prussia has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 54% of the 794 Pennsylvania cities on this site. The highest rating among the 88 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3 or EF3, reached 4 times; the most recent, on September 1, 2021, came within 24 miles. The deadliest, an F3 on July 27, 1994, killed 3 people. Of the 88, 4 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 27 have come since 2000. July has had the most tornadoes, 22. The most recent tornado was on July 1, 2025. King Of Prussia has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 90% of the 794 Pennsylvania cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 81 times since 1957, with stones up to 2 inches (hen egg size). King Of Prussia has more hail reports within 10 miles than 77% of the 794 Pennsylvania cities.

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Tropical storms and hurricanes near King Of Prussia

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021IdaSep 215 miTropical storm (41 mph)Category 4
2020IsaiasAug 48 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 1
2020FayJul 1056 miTropical storm (43 mph)Tropical storm
2012SandyOct 3026 miTropical storm (70 mph)Category 3
2011IreneAug 2862 miTropical storm (66 mph)Category 3
2008HannaSep 641 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
2006ErnestoSep 371 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1999FloydSep 1671 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 4
1996BerthaJul 1335 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1992DanielleSep 2644 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1971DoriaAug 2849 miTropical storm (64 mph)Tropical storm
1961Unnamed 1961 stormSep 1572 miTropical storm (61 mph)Tropical storm
1960BrendaJul 3055 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1955DianeAug 1912 miTropical storm (41 mph)Category 2
1952AbleSep 126 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 1917 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1929Unnamed 1929 stormOct 341 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 3050 miTropical storm (70 mph)Category 1
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 413 miTropical storm (53 mph)Category 1
1904Unnamed 1904 stormSep 1566 miCategory 1 (76 mph)Category 1
1903Unnamed 1903 stormSep 1623 miTropical storm (66 mph)Category 2
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 119 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2929 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 1154 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2253 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 2467 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 2348 miCategory 1 (85 mph)Category 2
1877Unnamed 1877 stormOct 559 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 2943 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 1
1872Unnamed 1872 stormOct 2641 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 3063 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 1935 miTropical storm (53 mph)Tropical storm
1861Unnamed 1861 stormSep 2853 miTropical storm (67 mph)Category 1

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in King Of Prussia: 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 King Of Prussia

By decade

  • 2020s16(2 EF3+)
  • 2010s8
  • 2000s3
  • 1990s26(1 EF3+)
  • 1980s13
  • 1970s6
  • 1960s8
  • 1950s8(1 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jul 27, 1994F312 mi2 mi3 / 25
Mar 22, 1955F36 mi9.6 mi1 / 0
Sep 1, 2021EF324 mi12.37 mi0 / 2
Jul 29, 2021EF320 mi3.4 mi0 / 0
Sep 1, 2021EF27 mi8.28 mi1 / 2
Aug 4, 2020EF219 mi20.77 mi0 / 18
Oct 31, 2019EF214 mi0.47 mi0 / 2
May 31, 1998F218 mi5.6 mi0 / 0
Jul 17, 1992F222 mi4 mi0 / 0
Oct 18, 1990F224 mi1 mi0 / 0
Jun 9, 1989F215 mi2 mi0 / 1
Sep 5, 1979F222 mi2.5 mi0 / 5

The strongest 12 of 88, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in King Of Prussia

The Storm Prediction Center has 81 hail reports within 10 miles of King Of Prussia since 1957, made on 46 separate days. Of these, 42 were 1 inch across or larger, and one reached 2 inches. The largest, 2 inches (hen egg size), fell on August 3, 1967. The most recent report is from August 18, 2024. July has the most reports, 26.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.

Radar-estimated hail days in King Of Prussia since 2019 →

Weather by month in King Of Prussia

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Norristown, PA, 2 miles northeast of King Of Prussia at 62 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 89°F and low of 67°F; January is the coolest, at 42°F and 23°F. August is the wettest at 5.0 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 3.0 inches; the year adds up to 50.7 inches over 86 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 53% of the year's precipitation (26.7 of 50.7 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 33 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (15); a normal September there has highs of 80°F and 4.9 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 39 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 107 nights a year. Snowfall averages 25.3 inches a year, most of it in February. That 50.7 inches is more than at 133 of the 148 Pennsylvania stations used on this site (90%). Berwyn, 5 miles southwest, has its own station (Phoenixville 1 E, PA): 45.3 inches a year, 5.4 less than here, and a July average high of 88°F against 89°F.

Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Philadelphia, PA, 17 miles southeast, 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, 17 miles from King Of Prussia, 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.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Norristown, PA
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"Snow inWater °F
Jan42233.776.838
Feb44253.0610.938
Mar52324.473.045
Apr65423.980.254
May75524.380.063
Jun84624.280.073
Jul89674.780.080
Aug87655.070.079
Sep80584.960.074
Oct68454.370.165
Nov57353.670.154
Dec46284.784.243
Year664450.78625.359

Averages for 1991–2020 at Norristown, PA (62 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.

Pennsylvania weather by month, station by station →

Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near King Of Prussia

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 658 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of King Of Prussia: 447 thunderstorm wind reports, 138 flash floods, 52 floods, 13 lightning strikes and 8 heavy rain events. They killed 9 people and injured 11, and the NWS estimated $70.7 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on October 31, 2019. August has had the most flash floods, 60 of 138. Of the 788 Pennsylvania cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 702 have had fewer than King Of Prussia.

  • September 1, 2021: flash flood 1 mile from the centre of King Of Prussia — 2 killed, $21.0 million damage.

    NWS: “Widespread flash flooding occurred in Montgomery County with many road closures and vehicles stranded. Numerous water rescues took place.”

  • December 19, 2025: thunderstorm wind 10 miles from the centre of King Of Prussia — 2 killed, $20,000 damage.

  • October 14, 2003: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of King Of Prussia — 1 killed, 1 injured.

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

Flood insurance policyholders in King Of Prussia's ZIP code 19406 have filed 82 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $4.4 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 2018, with 15. 30% 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, 344 have fewer than King Of Prussia.

Montgomery County, which includes King Of Prussia, has been named in 29 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 21 of them major disasters (by incident: 8 hurricanes, 7 floods, 6 severe storms, 4 snowstorms). The latest major disaster declaration was Remnants of Hurricane Ida, on September 10, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Montgomery County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for strong wind; Relatively High for tornadoes, inland flooding and heat waves; Relatively Moderate for hurricanes and lightning; Relatively Low for hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $296.7 million a year, the 3rd highest of 67 Pennsylvania counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $192.6 million (65%), 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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