Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Liverpool, PA

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Selinsgrove 2 S, PA, 15 miles northeast of Liverpool at 420 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 85°F and low of 62°F; January is the coolest, at 36°F and 19°F. June and September are the wettest at 4.4 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.3 inches; the year adds up to 43.3 inches over 81 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 55% of the year's precipitation (23.9 of 43.3 inches); the other six months are drier. Highs reach 90°F on about 17 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 131 nights a year. Snowfall averages 29.0 inches a year, most of it in January. That 43.3 inches is more than at 54 of the 148 Pennsylvania stations used on this site (36%). Millersburg, 4 miles southeast, has its own station (Dehart Dam, PA): 50.9 inches a year, 7.6 more than here, and a July average high of 84°F against 85°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 125 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Liverpool: 120 thunderstorm wind reports, 3 flash floods, 1 flood and 1 lightning strike. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $473,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 96 mph, on July 8, 2014.

Flood insurance policyholders in Liverpool's ZIP code 17045 have filed 65 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $491,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Tropical Storm Lee in 2011: 16 claims (25% of all) and $253,000, then Tropical Storm Ivan in 2004 with 14 and Flooding in 1996 with 13. 68% 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, 310 have fewer than Liverpool.