Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Mc Veytown, PA

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Lewistown, PA, 14 miles northeast of Mc Veytown at 460 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 85°F and low of 63°F; January is the coolest, at 37°F and 21°F. September is the wettest at 4.4 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.3 inches; the year adds up to 42.3 inches over 83 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 53% of the year's precipitation (22.5 of 42.3 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 18 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (7); a normal September there has highs of 77°F and 4.4 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 18 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 122 nights a year. Snowfall averages 26.2 inches a year, most of it in January. That 42.3 inches is more than at 41 of the 148 Pennsylvania stations used on this site (28%). Mount Union, 8 miles southwest, has its own station (Raystown Lake 2, PA): 40.7 inches a year, 1.6 less than here, and the same July average high, 85°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 70 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Mc Veytown: 65 thunderstorm wind reports, 4 floods and 1 flash flood. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $287,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on June 10, 2008.

Flood insurance policyholders in Mc Veytown's ZIP code 17051 have filed 36 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $536,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1996: 12 claims (33% of all) and $147,000, then Tropical Storm Ivan in 2004 with 11. 64% 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, 213 have fewer than Mc Veytown.