NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Mifflinburg, 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
16 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania since 1851, 2 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Sandy in 2012. Since 1950, 50 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 2
- Tropical storms
- 14
- Tornadoes
- 50
- EF3 or stronger
- 3
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
6 deaths in all
What the records show for Mifflinburg
The strongest storm to pass near Mifflinburg was an unnamed storm in 1878, a Category 1 hurricane with 85 mph winds when its centre passed 57 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was Hazel in 1954, whose centre came within 21 miles. The record near Mifflinburg begins with an unnamed storm in 1876; the most recent system was Sandy in 2012, a tropical storm 63 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1950s, with 3 systems, one of them at hurricane strength. Of the 16 systems, 2 have come since 2000. Mifflinburg has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 54% of the 794 Pennsylvania cities on this site. The strongest of the 50 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on May 31, 1985; its path came within 25 miles. The deadliest, an F3 on May 31, 1985, killed 6 people. Of the 50, 4 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 21 have come since 2000. July has had the most tornadoes, 14. The most recent tornado was on July 2, 2023. Of the 794 Pennsylvania cities, 63% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Mifflinburg. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 10 times since 1991, with stones up to 2.5 inches (tennis ball size). Of the 794 Pennsylvania cities, 96% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Mifflinburg.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Mifflinburg
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | SandyOct 30 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2006 | ErnestoSep 3 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1979 | DavidSep 6 | 9 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1955 | ConnieAug 13 | 34 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1954 | HazelOct 16 | 21 mi | Category 1 (79 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1952 | AbleSep 1 | 75 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1949 | Unnamed 1949 stormAug 29 | 25 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1933 | Unnamed 1933 stormAug 24 | 9 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1929 | Unnamed 1929 stormOct 3 | 62 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1903 | Unnamed 1903 stormSep 17 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormOct 14 | 40 mi | Tropical storm (71 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormAug 29 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormAug 21 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1885 | Unnamed 1885 stormOct 14 | 15 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1878 | Unnamed 1878 stormOct 23 | 57 mi | Category 1 (85 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1876 | Unnamed 1876 stormSep 18 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 3 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Mifflinburg: 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 Mifflinburg
By decade
- 2020s7
- 2010s10
- 2000s4
- 1990s17
- 1980s4(2 EF3+)
- 1970s7(1 EF3+)
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 1985 | F4 | 25 mi | 69 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 31, 1985 | F3 | 16 mi | 19 mi | 6 / 60 |
| Jul 29, 1976 | F3 | 20 mi | 25 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 23, 2011 | EF2 | 19 mi | 4.71 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 9, 1980 | F2 | 19 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 28, 1978 | F2 | 10 mi | 3.3 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jul 2, 2023 | EF1 | 10 mi | 2.37 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 2, 2023 | EF1 | in town | 2.12 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 2, 2023 | EF1 | 3 mi | 1.47 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | EF1 | 23 mi | 9.14 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Sep 8, 2021 | EF1 | 12 mi | 0.73 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 14, 2019 | EF1 | 5 mi | 1.45 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 50, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Mifflinburg
The Storm Prediction Center has 10 hail reports within 10 miles of Mifflinburg since 1991, made on 8 separate days. Of these, 5 were 1 inch across or larger, and one reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.5 inches (tennis ball size), fell on September 18, 1991. The most recent report is from May 28, 2019. May has the most reports, 3.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Mifflinburg
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Lewisburg, PA, 9 miles east of Mifflinburg at 500 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 84°F and low of 62°F; January is the coolest, at 35°F and 19°F. July is the wettest at 4.5 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.4 inches; the year adds up to 43.9 inches over 82 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 54% of the year's precipitation (23.8 of 43.9 inches); the other six months are drier. October has brought the most of the 16 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (6); a normal October there has highs of 63°F and 3.8 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 13 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 134 nights a year. Snowfall averages 28.8 inches a year, most of it in January. That 43.9 inches is more than at 64 of the 148 Pennsylvania stations used on this site (43%). Middleburg, 9 miles south, has its own station (Selinsgrove Penn Vly Airport, PA): 41.1 inches a year, 2.8 less than here, and the same July average high, 84°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35 | 19 | 3.1 | 6 | 8.0 |
| Feb | 38 | 20 | 2.4 | 6 | 7.8 |
| Mar | 48 | 27 | 3.5 | 7 | 5.3 |
| Apr | 62 | 37 | 3.8 | 8 | 0.8 |
| May | 72 | 48 | 3.9 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 80 | 57 | 3.7 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 84 | 62 | 4.5 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 83 | 60 | 4.3 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 75 | 52 | 4.4 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 63 | 41 | 3.8 | 7 | 0.2 |
| Nov | 51 | 31 | 3.1 | 6 | 1.3 |
| Dec | 40 | 24 | 3.4 | 7 | 5.4 |
| Year | 61 | 40 | 43.9 | 82 | 28.8 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Lewisburg, PA (500 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 Mifflinburg
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 118 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Mifflinburg: 102 thunderstorm wind reports, 11 floods and 5 flash floods. They killed 0 people and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $16.3 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on May 29, 2019. Of the 788 Pennsylvania cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 71 have had fewer than Mifflinburg.
July 7, 2012: thunderstorm wind in Mifflinburg — 1 injured, $5,000 damage.
NWS: “Thunderstorm winds estimated near 60 mph knocked down trees and utility wires near Mifflinburg. One person was injured by the live wires.”
August 27, 2020: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Mifflinburg — 1 injured, $1,000 damage.
June 20, 1996: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Mifflinburg — $15.0 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 Mifflinburg's ZIP code 17844 have filed 118 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $2.0 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1996: 47 claims (40% of all) and $863,000, then Tropical Storm Ivan in 2004 with 36. The year with the most claims was 2004, with 37. 74% 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, 401 have fewer than Mifflinburg.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1996 | 47 | $863,000 |
| Tropical Storm Ivan2004 | 36 | $922,000 |
Union County, which includes Mifflinburg, has been named in 18 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1972, 12 of them major disasters (by incident: 6 floods, 3 hurricanes, 3 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Tropical Storm Debby, on September 11, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Union 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 $14.4 million a year, the 56th highest of 67 Pennsylvania counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $11.1 million (77%), 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 Mifflinburg
- Lewisburg, PA8 mi
- Winfield, PA8 mi
- Middleburg, PA9 mi
- New Columbia, PA11 mi
- Milton, PA13 mi
- Beavertown, PA13 mi
- Selinsgrove, PA13 mi
- Allenwood, PA13 mi
- Northumberland, PA14 mi
- Loganton, PA15 mi
- Sunbury, PA16 mi
- Watsontown, PA16 mi
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