NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Renovo, 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
13 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Renovo, Pennsylvania since 1851, 1 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was David in 1979. Since 1950, 13 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 1
- Tropical storms
- 12
- Tornadoes
- 13
- EF3 or stronger
- 1
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Renovo
The strongest storm to pass near Renovo was Hazel in 1954, a Category 1 hurricane with 78 mph winds when its centre passed 9 miles away. The record near Renovo begins with an unnamed storm in 1876; the most recent system was David in 1979, a tropical storm 57 miles away. None of the 13 systems has come since 2000. Of the 794 Pennsylvania cities on this site, 45% have more hurricanes within 75 miles than Renovo. The strongest of the 13 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on May 31, 1985; its path came within 10 miles. Of the 13, 2 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 5 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 7. The most recent tornado was on March 16, 2025. Of the 794 Pennsylvania cities, 99% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Renovo. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 5 times since 1999, with stones up to 1 inch (quarter size). Of the 794 Pennsylvania cities, 100% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Renovo.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Renovo
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | DavidSep 6 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1955 | ConnieAug 13 | 28 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1954 | HazelOct 16 | 9 mi | Category 1 (78 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1949 | Unnamed 1949 stormAug 29 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1933 | Unnamed 1933 stormAug 24 | 54 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1928 | Unnamed 1928 stormSep 20 | 54 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormJun 29 | 52 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1896 | Unnamed 1896 stormSep 30 | 55 mi | Tropical storm (61 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormOct 14 | 2 mi | Tropical storm (71 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormAug 21 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1885 | Unnamed 1885 stormOct 14 | 29 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1878 | Unnamed 1878 stormSep 13 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1876 | Unnamed 1876 stormSep 18 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 3 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Renovo: 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 Renovo
By decade
- 2020s1
- 2010s4
- 1990s5
- 1980s1(1 EF3+)
- 1950s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 1985 | F4 | 10 mi | 69 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 16, 2025 | EF1 | 14 mi | 0.66 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 27, 2013 | EF1 | 25 mi | 2.94 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 26, 2011 | EF1 | 18 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 26, 2011 | EF1 | 16 mi | 5.57 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 31, 1998 | F1 | 10 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 18, 1997 | F1 | 24 mi | 3.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 19, 1997 | F1 | 2 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 26, 1994 | F1 | 17 mi | 4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 15, 1957 | F1 | 22 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 15, 2014 | EF0 | 24 mi | 0.32 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 18, 1997 | F0 | 17 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 13, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Renovo
The Storm Prediction Center has 5 hail reports within 10 miles of Renovo since 1999, made on 4 separate days. Of these, one was 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1 inch (quarter size), fell on June 7, 1999. The most recent report is from June 4, 2020.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Renovo
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Renovo, PA, 3 miles southeast of Renovo at 660 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 83°F and low of 60°F; January is the coolest, at 34°F and 19°F. September is the wettest at 4.3 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.2 inches; the year adds up to 41.2 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 (22.6 of 41.2 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 13 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (5); a normal September there has highs of 75°F and 4.3 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 139 nights a year. Snowfall averages 32.7 inches a year, most of it in February. That 41.2 inches is more than at 23 of the 148 Pennsylvania stations used on this site (16%). Mill Hall, 23 miles southeast, has its own station (Lock Haven Sewage Plt, PA): 41.9 inches a year, 0.7 more than here, and a July average high of 85°F against 83°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34 | 19 | 2.7 | 6 | 9.0 |
| Feb | 38 | 20 | 2.2 | 6 | 9.5 |
| Mar | 47 | 26 | 3.1 | 7 | 5.2 |
| Apr | 61 | 36 | 3.6 | 8 | 0.7 |
| May | 72 | 46 | 3.9 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 79 | 56 | 4.0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 83 | 60 | 4.0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 81 | 59 | 3.7 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 75 | 52 | 4.3 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 62 | 41 | 3.5 | 7 | 0.1 |
| Nov | 50 | 32 | 3.1 | 6 | 1.5 |
| Dec | 39 | 25 | 3.1 | 7 | 6.7 |
| Year | 60 | 39 | 41.2 | 86 | 32.7 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Renovo, PA (660 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 Renovo
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 62 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Renovo: 61 thunderstorm wind reports and 1 flood. They killed 1 person and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $151,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on May 31, 1998.
July 6, 2019: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Renovo — 1 killed, 2 injured.
NWS: “A severe thunderstorm producing winds estimated near 60 mph knocked down trees near Keating. One of the trees fell onto two kayakers who has pulled ashore when the storm approached.”
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 Renovo's ZIP code 17764 have filed 99 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $1.0 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Tropical Storm Ivan in 2004: 48 claims (48% of all) and $762,000, then Flooding in 1996 with 26. 76% 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, 376 have fewer than Renovo.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Tropical Storm Ivan2004 | 48 | $762,000 |
| Flooding1996 | 26 | $210,000 |
Clinton County, which includes Renovo, has been named in 15 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1972, 9 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 floods, 4 severe storms, 3 hurricanes, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on March 30, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Clinton County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for strong wind and lightning; Relatively Low for hurricanes, tornadoes and inland flooding; Very Low for hail and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $13.8 million a year, the 58th highest of 67 Pennsylvania counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $11.3 million (82%), 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.
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