NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit New Bloomfield, 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
21 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania since 1851, 2 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Sandy in 2012. Since 1950, 53 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 2
- Tropical storms
- 19
- Tornadoes
- 53
- EF3 or stronger
- 0
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
1 deaths in all
What the records show for New Bloomfield
The strongest storm to pass near New Bloomfield was an unnamed storm in 1878, a Category 1 hurricane with 87 mph winds when its centre passed 46 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was Hazel in 1954, whose centre came within 5 miles. The record near New Bloomfield begins with an unnamed storm in 1876; the most recent system was Sandy in 2012, a tropical storm 26 miles away. The 1890s and the 1950s were the busiest decades, with 4 systems each. Of the 21 systems, 2 have come since 2000. New Bloomfield has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 54% of the 794 Pennsylvania cities on this site. The highest rating among the 53 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2 or EF2, reached 11 times; the most recent, on April 19, 2019, came within 24 miles. The deadliest, an F1 on December 1, 2006, killed 1 person. Of the 53, 2 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 31 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 10. The most recent tornado was on August 9, 2024. Of the 794 Pennsylvania cities, 58% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than New Bloomfield. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 27 times since 1985, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Of the 794 Pennsylvania cities, 75% have more hail reports within 10 miles than New Bloomfield.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near New Bloomfield
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | SandyOct 30 | 26 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2006 | ErnestoSep 3 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1979 | DavidSep 6 | 7 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1955 | DianeAug 18 | 55 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1955 | ConnieAug 13 | 8 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1954 | HazelOct 16 | 5 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1952 | AbleSep 1 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1949 | Unnamed 1949 stormAug 29 | 14 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1943 | Unnamed 1943 stormOct 1 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1933 | Unnamed 1933 stormAug 24 | 8 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1929 | Unnamed 1929 stormOct 3 | 56 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1928 | Unnamed 1928 stormSep 20 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormAug 4 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1899 | Unnamed 1899 stormNov 1 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormOct 23 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormOct 14 | 37 mi | Tropical storm (72 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormAug 29 | 55 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormAug 21 | overhead | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1885 | Unnamed 1885 stormOct 13 | 18 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1878 | Unnamed 1878 stormOct 23 | 46 mi | Category 1 (87 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1876 | Unnamed 1876 stormSep 18 | 41 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 New Bloomfield: 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 New Bloomfield
By decade
- 2020s4
- 2010s13
- 2000s14
- 1990s8
- 1980s5
- 1970s5
- 1960s2
- 1950s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2019 | EF2 | 24 mi | 4.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 23, 2011 | EF2 | 17 mi | 4.71 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 28, 2011 | EF2 | 23 mi | 2.62 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 9, 1992 | F2 | 23 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 20, 1989 | F2 | 17 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jul 31, 1985 | F2 | 22 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Apr 9, 1980 | F2 | 22 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 5, 1977 | F2 | 21 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Mar 26, 1970 | F2 | 24 mi | 2.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 21, 1967 | F2 | in town | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 19, 1955 | F2 | 11 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 1, 2006 | F1 | 13 mi | 1.5 mi | 1 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 53, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in New Bloomfield
The Storm Prediction Center has 27 hail reports within 10 miles of New Bloomfield since 1985, made on 23 separate days. Of these, 18 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), was reported on 4 days, most recently July 22, 2003. The most recent report is from May 16, 2025. June has the most reports, 9.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in New Bloomfield
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Carlisle Wtp, PA, 13 miles south of New Bloomfield at 430 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 86°F and low of 63°F; January is the coolest, at 38°F and 21°F. July is the wettest at 5.5 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.6 inches; the year adds up to 48.2 inches over 86 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 55% of the year's precipitation (26.3 of 48.2 inches); the other six months are drier. October has brought the most of the 21 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (8); a normal October there has highs of 66°F and 4.3 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 24 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 126 nights a year. Snowfall averages 27.7 inches a year, most of it in February. That 48.2 inches is more than at 112 of the 148 Pennsylvania stations used on this site (76%). Duncannon, 8 miles east, has its own station (Harrisburg 1 NE, PA): 45.3 inches a year, 2.9 less than here, and a July average high of 85°F against 86°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38 | 21 | 3.1 | 6 | 7.7 |
| Feb | 41 | 22 | 2.6 | 6 | 9.6 |
| Mar | 50 | 29 | 4.1 | 6 | 4.8 |
| Apr | 63 | 39 | 3.8 | 8 | 0.2 |
| May | 73 | 49 | 4.7 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 81 | 59 | 4.4 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 86 | 63 | 5.5 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 84 | 61 | 4.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 77 | 53 | 5.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 66 | 42 | 4.3 | 7 | 0.5 |
| Nov | 54 | 32 | 3.1 | 6 | 0.9 |
| Dec | 42 | 25 | 3.6 | 7 | 4.0 |
| Year | 63 | 41 | 48.2 | 86 | 27.7 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Carlisle Wtp, PA (430 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 New Bloomfield
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 142 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of New Bloomfield: 132 thunderstorm wind reports, 8 floods and 2 flash floods. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $447,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on September 7, 2023.
July 11, 2021: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of New Bloomfield — 1 injured, $10,000 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 New Bloomfield's ZIP code 17068 have filed 10 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $16,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 20% 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, 0 have fewer than New Bloomfield.
Perry County, which includes New Bloomfield, 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 New Bloomfield
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- Duncannon, PA8 mi
- Landisburg, PA8 mi
- Millerstown, PA10 mi
- Thompsontown, PA12 mi
- Loysville, PA12 mi
- Marysville, PA12 mi
- Dauphin, PA14 mi
- Port Royal, PA14 mi
- Enola, PA15 mi
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