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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Annville, PA

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

25 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Annville, Pennsylvania since 1851, 2 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 81 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
2

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
23

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
81

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
3

2 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Annville

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Annville, Pennsylvania, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021IdaSep 152 miTropical storm (39 mph)Category 4
2020IsaiasAug 456 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 1
2012SandyOct 3028 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 3
2006ErnestoSep 332 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1992DanielleSep 2662 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1979DavidSep 637 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 5
1955DianeAug 1833 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 2
1955ConnieAug 1338 miTropical storm (53 mph)Category 4
1954HazelOct 1636 miCategory 1 (81 mph)Category 4
1952AbleSep 127 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1949Unnamed 1949 stormAug 2918 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1943Unnamed 1943 stormOct 160 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 1959 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1933Unnamed 1933 stormAug 2426 miTropical storm (53 mph)Category 4
1929Unnamed 1929 stormOct 323 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 439 miTropical storm (51 mph)Category 1
1903Unnamed 1903 stormSep 1672 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 2
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 142 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1893Unnamed 1893 stormOct 2371 miTropical storm (41 mph)Tropical storm
1893Unnamed 1893 stormOct 1471 miTropical storm (72 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2928 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2116 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1885Unnamed 1885 stormOct 1452 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 2314 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 2
1876Unnamed 1876 stormSep 1873 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 3

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

By decade

  • 2020s6
  • 2010s14
  • 2000s13(1 EF3+)
  • 1990s18
  • 1980s3
  • 1970s11(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s6
  • 1950s10(1 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Annville, Pennsylvania
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jun 18, 1970F313 mi1.9 mi1 / 5
Jul 14, 2004F35 mi7.5 mi0 / 0
Nov 4, 1950F324 mi15.9 mi0 / 1
Apr 28, 2011EF24 mi1.07 mi0 / 0
Apr 28, 2011EF224 mi2.62 mi0 / 0
May 29, 1995F225 mi2.5 mi0 / 1
Jul 17, 1992F29 mi1 mi0 / 0
May 6, 1991F220 mi1 mi0 / 3
Jun 15, 1989F225 mi16 mi0 / 6
Jul 31, 1985F222 mi3 mi0 / 2
Apr 5, 1977F217 mi2 mi0 / 1
Oct 11, 1975F26 mi17.5 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 81, 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 Annville 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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