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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Schnecksville, PA

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

19 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Schnecksville, Pennsylvania since 1851, 1 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 47 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
1

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
18

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
47

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
2

no recorded deaths

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Schnecksville

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021IdaSep 257 miTropical storm (41 mph)Category 4
2020IsaiasAug 419 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 1
2012SandyOct 3060 miTropical storm (66 mph)Category 3
2008HannaSep 775 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
1996BerthaJul 1367 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1979DavidSep 662 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 5
1955DianeAug 1930 miTropical storm (41 mph)Category 2
1952AbleSep 114 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1949Unnamed 1949 stormAug 2942 miTropical storm (56 mph)Category 4
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 1959 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1933Unnamed 1933 stormAug 2468 miTropical storm (49 mph)Category 4
1929Unnamed 1929 stormOct 315 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 427 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 1
1903Unnamed 1903 stormSep 1618 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 2
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 115 miTropical storm (56 mph)Category 2
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 298 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2211 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 2317 miCategory 1 (84 mph)Category 2
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 1963 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Schnecksville: 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 Schnecksville

By decade

  • 2020s4
  • 2010s7
  • 2000s1
  • 1990s9(1 EF3+)
  • 1980s11(1 EF3+)
  • 1970s12
  • 1960s1
  • 1950s2
Strongest tornadoes near Schnecksville, Pennsylvania
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 31, 1998F315 mi8.3 mi0 / 7
Jul 26, 1981F37 mi3.3 mi0 / 2
Nov 8, 1996F210 mi2 mi0 / 1
Jul 15, 1992F225 mi1.5 mi0 / 2
Jul 5, 1984F214 mi5 mi0 / 0
Jul 5, 1984F214 mi7 mi0 / 2
Jul 5, 1984F215 mi3 mi0 / 0
Jul 5, 1984F212 mi8 mi0 / 0
Apr 29, 1981F210 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Oct 5, 1979F222 mi0.3 mi0 / 0
Sep 5, 1979F224 mi1 mi0 / 0
Jun 24, 1960F219 mi9.4 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 47, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Schnecksville while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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