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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Shinglehouse, PA

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

10 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania since 1851, 1 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Frances in 2004. Since 1950, 20 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
1

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
9

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
20

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
3

no recorded deaths

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Shinglehouse

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2004FrancesSep 964 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 4
1955ConnieAug 1343 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 4
1954HazelOct 1616 miCategory 1 (77 mph)Category 4
1928Unnamed 1928 stormSep 2045 miTropical storm (39 mph)Category 5
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 2925 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1896Unnamed 1896 stormSep 3042 miTropical storm (59 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormOct 1424 miTropical storm (70 mph)Category 3
1885Unnamed 1885 stormOct 1457 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1878Unnamed 1878 stormSep 1338 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1876Unnamed 1876 stormSep 1823 miTropical storm (51 mph)Category 3

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

By decade

  • 2020s1
  • 2010s6
  • 2000s4(1 EF3+)
  • 1990s1
  • 1980s1
  • 1970s3
  • 1960s3(2 EF3+)
  • 1950s1
Strongest tornadoes near Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jul 21, 2003F312 mi2.5 mi0 / 0
Jun 20, 1969F324 mi84.1 mi0 / 0
May 15, 1961F321 mi3 mi0 / 0
Jun 14, 1962F214 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Jun 12, 1954F218 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Sep 6, 2024EF113 mi5.98 mi0 / 0
Jul 27, 2013EF119 mi2.94 mi0 / 0
Jul 24, 2010EF120 mi7.78 mi0 / 0
Jun 27, 2010EF117 mi7.44 mi0 / 0
Aug 9, 2009EF120 mi7.84 mi0 / 0
Aug 22, 2002F118 mi4 mi0 / 0
Jun 29, 1980F124 mi10.1 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 20, 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 Shinglehouse 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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