Pennsylvania damaging wind history
From 2016 to 2025, the NOAA Storm Prediction Center logged 9,443 damaging thunderstorm wind reports in Pennsylvania, 9,396 of them 58 mph or more and 233 of 75 mph or more (measured or estimated), on 486 storm days. The day with the most reports since 1955 was April 29, 2025 (242 reports in Pennsylvania). The highest wind on record is 150 mph, on May 24, 1995. 2026 so far: 1,160 preliminary reports.
Pennsylvania's biggest wind day since 2016: April 29, 2025
242 damaging wind reports in Pennsylvania, 15 of 75 mph or more. All storm reports that day →
Source: National Storms (nationalstorms.com), CC BY 4.0, data from NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.
Days with the most damaging wind reports in Pennsylvania
| Storm day | Wind reports | 75 mph+ | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 29, 2025 | 242 | 15 | 120 mph |
| June 3, 2020 | 207 | 6 | 83 mph |
| June 21, 2021 | 140 | 7 | 81 mph |
| March 16, 2025 | 127 | 12 | 100 mph |
| August 27, 2020 | 124 | 1 | 81 mph |
| November 15, 2020 | 121 | 1 | 81 mph |
| June 29, 2019 | 121 | 0 | 69 mph |
| July 26, 2012 | 115 | 4 | 90 mph |
| May 1, 2017 | 111 | 6 | 90 mph |
| May 26, 2021 | 108 | 0 | 69 mph |
| April 1, 2023 | 107 | 3 | 76 mph |
| June 26, 2024 | 105 | 4 | 100 mph |
| June 25, 2013 | 102 | 0 | 70 mph |
| March 7, 2022 | 99 | 1 | 85 mph |
| July 7, 2021 | 99 | 0 | 64 mph |
Highest wind speeds reported in Pennsylvania
| Storm day | Wind reports | 75 mph+ | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1995 | 39 | 2 | 150 mph |
| April 29, 2025 | 242 | 15 | 120 mph |
| May 15, 2018 | 88 | 13 | 115 mph |
| June 27, 2002 | 30 | 2 | 115 mph |
| April 17, 1982 | 2 | 1 | 115 mph |
| June 16, 2022 | 35 | 4 | 110 mph |
| July 11, 2021 | 35 | 1 | 110 mph |
| May 29, 2019 | 95 | 5 | 110 mph |
| October 31, 2019 | 73 | 4 | 109 mph |
| November 20, 1974 | 2 | 2 | 109 mph |
Pennsylvania damaging wind reports by year
| Year | Damaging wind reports | 58 mph+ | 75 mph+ | Highest | Days with reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026* | 1,160 | 43 | 2 | 75 mph | 56 |
| 2025 | 1,023 | 1,022 | 33 | 120 mph | 46 |
| 2024 | 1,041 | 1,038 | 17 | 105 mph | 45 |
| 2023 | 976 | 963 | 49 | 100 mph | 46 |
| 2022 | 676 | 674 | 14 | 110 mph | 39 |
| 2021 | 1,328 | 1,324 | 33 | 110 mph | 56 |
| 2020 | 1,392 | 1,378 | 15 | 100 mph | 54 |
| 2019 | 1,245 | 1,244 | 28 | 110 mph | 57 |
| 2018 | 515 | 515 | 22 | 115 mph | 48 |
| 2017 | 814 | 808 | 11 | 90 mph | 55 |
| 2016 | 433 | 430 | 11 | 100 mph | 40 |
| 2015 | 616 | 613 | 12 | 90 mph | 39 |
| 2014 | 550 | 550 | 7 | 96 mph | 38 |
| 2013 | 829 | 825 | 9 | 105 mph | 58 |
| 2012 | 686 | 686 | 12 | 96 mph | 47 |
| 2011 | 589 | 589 | 22 | 96 mph | 59 |
| 2010 | 479 | 477 | 17 | 90 mph | 44 |
| 2009 | 284 | 283 | 11 | 92 mph | 43 |
| 2008 | 343 | 343 | 6 | 92 mph | 50 |
| 2007 | 549 | 549 | 5 | 96 mph | 47 |
| 2006 | 396 | 396 | 8 | 86 mph | 47 |
| 2005 | 482 | 482 | 8 | 92 mph | 52 |
| 2004 | 398 | 398 | 5 | 86 mph | 54 |
| 2003 | 414 | 414 | 10 | 100 mph | 40 |
| 2002 | 433 | 263 | 5 | 115 mph | 48 |
| 2001 | 347 | 257 | 5 | 104 mph | 35 |
| 2000 | 342 | 91 | 4 | 100 mph | 41 |
| 1999 | 423 | 84 | 6 | 104 mph | 37 |
| 1998 | 514 | 283 | 14 | 98 mph | 44 |
| 1997 | 311 | 162 | 2 | 90 mph | 31 |
| 1996 | 466 | 116 | 1 | 86 mph | 57 |
| 1995 | 528 | 31 | 9 | 150 mph | 51 |
| 1994 | 397 | 34 | 1 | 75 mph | 65 |
| 1993 | 270 | 32 | 2 | 85 mph | 37 |
| 1992 | 297 | 29 | 7 | 101 mph | 42 |
| 1991 | 381 | 32 | 6 | 96 mph | 35 |
| 1990 | 318 | 27 | 0 | 74 mph | 32 |
| 1989 | 227 | 46 | 12 | 100 mph | 29 |
| 1988 | 205 | 31 | 1 | 94 mph | 30 |
| 1987 | 135 | 8 | 4 | 100 mph | 29 |
| 1986 | 177 | 17 | 0 | 70 mph | 34 |
| 1985 | 109 | 1 | 1 | 81 mph | 23 |
| 1984 | 39 | 12 | 0 | 71 mph | 14 |
| 1983 | 95 | 24 | 10 | 100 mph | 20 |
| 1982 | 47 | 12 | 4 | 115 mph | 19 |
| 1981 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 77 mph | 16 |
| 1980 | 88 | 33 | 5 | 101 mph | 27 |
| 1979 | 51 | 14 | 3 | 98 mph | 16 |
| 1978 | 53 | 8 | 3 | 82 mph | 15 |
| 1977 | 48 | 6 | 2 | 83 mph | 24 |
| 1976 | 60 | 19 | 7 | 96 mph | 23 |
| 1975 | 78 | 15 | 3 | 101 mph | 19 |
| 1974 | 103 | 12 | 6 | 109 mph | 21 |
| 1973 | 70 | 10 | 1 | 86 mph | 31 |
| 1972 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 69 mph | 6 |
| 1971 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 87 mph | 17 |
| 1970 | 80 | 10 | 1 | 90 mph | 30 |
| 1969 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 68 mph | 18 |
| 1968 | 55 | 6 | 0 | 69 mph | 24 |
| 1967 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 81 mph | 16 |
| 1966 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 86 mph | 13 |
| 1965 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 92 mph | 17 |
| 1964 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 109 mph | 8 |
| 1963 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 89 mph | 15 |
| 1962 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 81 mph | 3 |
| 1961 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 71 mph | 10 |
| 1960 | 8 | – | – | – | 6 |
| 1959 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 81 mph | 7 |
| 1958 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 89 mph | 10 |
| 1957 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 74 mph | 8 |
| 1956 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 85 mph | 9 |
| 1955 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 106 mph | 8 |
* 2026: preliminary SPC reports; many have no wind speed yet.
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Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center (SPC) Severe Weather Database (SVRGIS) damaging-wind reports, 1955–2025, and SPC preliminary storm reports for 2026 (data through November 6, 2026). Wind speeds are measured or estimated by spotters, the public and NWS staff; SPC records them in knots and we show mph. 58 mph is the National Weather Service's severe-thunderstorm wind threshold.
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