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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Hollsopple, PA

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

13 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Hollsopple, Pennsylvania since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Sandy in 2012. Since 1950, 42 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
13

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
42

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
2

1 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Hollsopple

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Hollsopple, Pennsylvania, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2012SandyOct 3013 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
2003IsabelSep 1945 miTropical storm (47 mph)Category 5
1979DavidSep 660 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 5
1955ConnieAug 1371 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 4
1928Unnamed 1928 stormSep 2032 miTropical storm (44 mph)Category 5
1915Unnamed 1915 stormOct 145 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 4
1896Unnamed 1896 stormSep 3016 miTropical storm (66 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormOct 2352 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1893Unnamed 1893 stormOct 1455 miTropical storm (72 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2118 miTropical storm (48 mph)Category 3
1885Unnamed 1885 stormOct 1369 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1878Unnamed 1878 stormSep 1313 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 2
1876Unnamed 1876 stormSep 1853 miTropical storm (60 mph)Category 3

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

By decade

  • 2020s8
  • 2010s10
  • 1990s12(1 EF3+)
  • 1980s4
  • 1970s5(1 EF3+)
  • 1950s3
Strongest tornadoes near Hollsopple, Pennsylvania
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jun 2, 1998F418 mi36.5 mi0 / 5
Jul 11, 1976F319 mi11.8 mi1 / 17
Oct 2, 2018EF223 mi1.56 mi0 / 0
Aug 15, 1997F219 mi3.5 mi0 / 2
May 22, 1983F223 mi38 mi0 / 10
May 13, 1956F27 mi0.1 mi0 / 1
May 30, 1953F216 mi1.9 mi0 / 0
May 11, 1951F210 mi8 mi0 / 1
May 8, 2024EF116 mi1.14 mi0 / 0
Aug 12, 2023EF124 mi0.32 mi0 / 0
Jul 29, 2021EF121 mi0.21 mi0 / 0
Jul 29, 2021EF123 mi4.93 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 42, 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 Hollsopple 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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