Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Pipersville, PA

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Doylestown Airport, PA, 7 miles south of Pipersville at 394 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 86°F and low of 65°F; January is the coolest, at 39°F and 23°F. July is the wettest at 5.5 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.5 inches; the year adds up to 48.0 inches over 78 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 55% of the year's precipitation (26.2 of 48.0 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 34 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (13); a normal September there has highs of 77°F and 4.4 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 20 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 106 nights a year. That 48.0 inches is more than at 111 of the 148 Pennsylvania stations used on this site (75%). Ottsville, 4 miles northwest, has its own station (Bucksville, PA): 51.0 inches a year, 3.0 more than here, and a July average high of 85°F against 86°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 235 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Pipersville: 191 thunderstorm wind reports, 25 flash floods, 13 lightning strikes, 3 floods and 3 heavy rain events. They killed 2 people and injured 10, and the NWS estimated $28.8 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on October 31, 2019. July has had the most flash floods, 8 of 25. Of the 788 Pennsylvania cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 384 have had fewer than Pipersville.

Flood insurance policyholders in Pipersville's ZIP code 18947 have filed 125 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $5.5 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Tropical Storm Ivan in 2004: 25 claims (20% of all) and $1.4 million, then Flooding in 1996 with 14. The year with the most claims was 2005, with 29. 52% 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, 409 have fewer than Pipersville.