Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit New Milford, PA

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Montrose, PA, 7 miles west of New Milford at 1,420 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 80°F and low of 56°F; January is the coolest, at 31°F and 13°F. June and July are the wettest at 4.6 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.8 inches; the year adds up to 46.7 inches over 93 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 53% of the year's precipitation (24.9 of 46.7 inches); the other six months are drier. August has brought the most of the 12 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (5); a normal August there has highs of 79°F and 3.8 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 3 days a year, almost all from August. Lows fall below freezing on about 168 nights a year. Snowfall averages 82.7 inches a year, most of it in January. That 46.7 inches is more than at 97 of the 148 Pennsylvania stations used on this site (66%). Susquehanna, 10 miles northeast, has its own station (Deposit, NY): 46.0 inches a year, 0.7 less than here, and a July average high of 82°F against 80°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 204 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of New Milford: 168 thunderstorm wind reports, 33 flash floods and 3 lightning strikes. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $2.9 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 100 mph, on July 3, 2025. August has had the most flash floods, 19 of 33. Of the 788 Pennsylvania cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 442 have had fewer than New Milford.

Flood insurance policyholders in New Milford's ZIP code 18834 have filed 51 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $896,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Tropical Storm Lee in 2011: 10 claims (20% of all) and $399,000. The year with the most claims was 2006, with 25. 43% 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, 281 have fewer than New Milford.