NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Landisburg, 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
22 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Landisburg, Pennsylvania since 1851, 2 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Sandy in 2012. Since 1950, 52 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 2
- Tropical storms
- 20
- Tornadoes
- 52
- EF3 or stronger
- 1
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
1 deaths in all
What the records show for Landisburg
The strongest storm to pass near Landisburg was an unnamed storm in 1878, a Category 1 hurricane with 87 mph winds when its centre passed 49 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was Hazel in 1954, whose centre came within 3 miles. The record near Landisburg begins with an unnamed storm in 1876; the most recent system was Sandy in 2012, a tropical storm 20 miles away. The 1890s and the 1950s were the busiest decades, with 4 systems each. Of the 22 systems, 2 have come since 2000. Landisburg has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 54% of the 794 Pennsylvania cities on this site. The strongest of the 52 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F3 on April 16, 1961; its path came within 23 miles. The deadliest, an F1 on December 1, 2006, killed 1 person. Of the 52, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 30 have come since 2000. The most recent tornado was on August 9, 2024. Of the 794 Pennsylvania cities, 60% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Landisburg. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 12 times since 1985, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Of the 794 Pennsylvania cities, 95% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Landisburg.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Landisburg
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | SandyOct 30 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2006 | ErnestoSep 3 | 44 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1979 | DavidSep 6 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1955 | DianeAug 18 | 54 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1955 | ConnieAug 13 | overhead | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1954 | HazelOct 16 | 3 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1952 | AbleSep 1 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1949 | Unnamed 1949 stormAug 29 | 17 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1943 | Unnamed 1943 stormOct 1 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormJun 19 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1933 | Unnamed 1933 stormAug 24 | 14 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1929 | Unnamed 1929 stormOct 3 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1928 | Unnamed 1928 stormSep 20 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormAug 4 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1896 | Unnamed 1896 stormSep 30 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormOct 23 | 42 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormOct 14 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (72 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormAug 29 | 56 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormAug 21 | 3 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1885 | Unnamed 1885 stormOct 13 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1878 | Unnamed 1878 stormOct 23 | 49 mi | Category 1 (87 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1876 | Unnamed 1876 stormSep 18 | 34 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 3 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Landisburg: 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 Landisburg
By decade
- 2020s4
- 2010s14
- 2000s12
- 1990s9
- 1980s5
- 1970s3
- 1960s3(1 EF3+)
- 1950s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 1961 | F3 | 23 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 19, 2019 | EF2 | 21 mi | 4.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 23, 2011 | EF2 | 23 mi | 4.71 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 28, 2011 | EF2 | 25 mi | 2.62 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 9, 1992 | F2 | 24 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 20, 1989 | F2 | 11 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jul 31, 1985 | F2 | 24 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jun 7, 1980 | F2 | 25 mi | 5.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 21, 1967 | F2 | 9 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 19, 1955 | F2 | 6 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 23, 1952 | F2 | 24 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Dec 1, 2006 | F1 | 21 mi | 1.5 mi | 1 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 52, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Landisburg
The Storm Prediction Center has 12 hail reports within 10 miles of Landisburg since 1985. Of these, 9 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), fell on August 5, 1986. The most recent report is from May 16, 2025. August has the most reports, 5.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Landisburg
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Bloserville 1 N, PA, 6 miles southwest of Landisburg at 700 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 84°F and low of 63°F; January is the coolest, at 37°F and 22°F. September is the wettest at 4.5 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.4 inches; the year adds up to 43.8 inches over 77 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 53% of the year's precipitation (23.4 of 43.8 inches); the other six months are drier. October has brought the most of the 22 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (8); a normal October there has highs of 64°F and 3.7 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 11 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 110 nights a year. That 43.8 inches is more than at 62 of the 148 Pennsylvania stations used on this site (42%). Shermans Dale, 6 miles east, has its own station (Carlisle Wtp, PA): 48.2 inches a year, 4.4 more than here, and a July average high of 86°F against 84°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37 | 22 | 3.0 | 7 |
| Feb | 40 | 23 | 2.4 | 4 |
| Mar | 48 | 30 | 3.6 | 7 |
| Apr | 61 | 40 | 3.7 | 7 |
| May | 71 | 50 | 4.2 | 8 |
| Jun | 79 | 58 | 4.3 | 8 |
| Jul | 84 | 63 | 4.2 | 7 |
| Aug | 82 | 62 | 3.6 | 6 |
| Sep | 75 | 55 | 4.5 | 6 |
| Oct | 64 | 44 | 3.7 | 5 |
| Nov | 52 | 35 | 3.1 | 6 |
| Dec | 41 | 27 | 3.5 | 5 |
| Year | 61 | 43 | 43.8 | 77 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Bloserville 1 N, PA (700 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. 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 Landisburg
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 96 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Landisburg: 86 thunderstorm wind reports, 5 flash floods and 5 floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $1.3 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on May 1, 2003. July has had the most flash floods, 2 of 5. Of the 788 Pennsylvania cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 71 have had fewer than Landisburg.
September 7, 2011: flood 9 miles from the centre of Landisburg — $1.0 million damage.
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 Landisburg's ZIP code 17040 have filed 28 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $134,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 39% 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, 180 have fewer than Landisburg.
Perry County, which includes Landisburg, has been named in 20 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1972, 14 of them major disasters (by incident: 7 floods, 4 severe storms, 4 snowstorms, 3 hurricanes). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on March 30, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Perry County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for strong wind; Relatively Low for hurricanes, tornadoes, inland flooding, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $18.2 million a year, the 47th highest of 67 Pennsylvania counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $13.4 million (73%), 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).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
Cities near Landisburg
- Loysville, PA6 mi
- Shermans Dale, PA6 mi
- New Bloomfield, PA8 mi
- Newville, PA13 mi
- Newport, PA13 mi
- Port Royal, PA14 mi
- Duncannon, PA15 mi
- Boiling Springs, PA16 mi
- Mount Holly Springs, PA16 mi
- Thompsontown, PA17 mi
- Mechanicsburg, PA17 mi
- Millerstown, PA17 mi
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