Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Millersburg, PA

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Dehart Dam, PA, 12 miles southeast of Millersburg at 537 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 84°F and low of 60°F; January is the coolest, at 37°F and 20°F. September is the wettest at 5.6 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.8 inches; the year adds up to 50.9 inches over 87 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 54% of the year's precipitation (27.7 of 50.9 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 4.5 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 14 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 128 nights a year. Snowfall averages 27.6 inches a year, most of it in January. That 50.9 inches is more than at 136 of the 148 Pennsylvania stations used on this site (92%). Liverpool, 4 miles northwest, has its own station (Selinsgrove 2 S, PA): 43.3 inches a year, 7.6 less than here, and a July average high of 85°F against 84°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 132 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Millersburg: 129 thunderstorm wind reports, 2 flash floods and 1 lightning strike. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $719,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 96 mph, on July 8, 2014.

Flood insurance policyholders in Millersburg's ZIP code 17061 have filed 84 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $548,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1996: 22 claims (26% of all) and $152,000, then Tropical Storm Lee in 2011 with 19. The year with the most claims was 2011, with 24. 60% 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, 347 have fewer than Millersburg.