Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Upper Black Eddy, PA

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Bucksville, PA, 5 miles southwest of Upper Black Eddy at 387 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 85°F and low of 63°F; January is the coolest, at 39°F and 19°F. July is the wettest at 5.8 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 3.0 inches; the year adds up to 51.0 inches over 68 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 55% of the year's precipitation (27.9 of 51.0 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 30 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (10); a normal September there has highs of 76°F and 4.6 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 17 days a year, almost all from May to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 139 nights a year. That 51.0 inches is more than at 138 of the 148 Pennsylvania stations used on this site (93%). Riegelsville, 6 miles northwest, has its own station (Springtown 1 NNE, PA): 53.3 inches a year, 2.3 more than here, and a July average high of 83°F against 85°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 211 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Upper Black Eddy: 163 thunderstorm wind reports, 24 flash floods, 11 floods, 9 lightning strikes and 4 heavy rain events. They killed 6 people and injured 14, and the NWS estimated $73.9 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 75 mph, on July 26, 2009. July has had the most flash floods, 10 of 24. Of the 788 Pennsylvania cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 377 have had fewer than Upper Black Eddy.

Flood insurance policyholders in Upper Black Eddy's ZIP code 18972 have filed 252 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $7.6 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Tropical Storm Ivan in 2004: 49 claims (19% of all) and $1.8 million, then Torrential rain in 2005 with 24 and Flooding in 1996 with 18. The year with the most claims was 2005, with 87. 40% 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, 489 have fewer than Upper Black Eddy.