Hurricanes that hit Snyder County, Pennsylvania: hurricane history

13 storms have passed within 50 km of Snyder County from 1861 to 1999, coloured by intensity on the map.

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Years1842 to 2026
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Choosing a minimum category hides storms with no wind speed in the record. To see which storms have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • Tropical depression Winds below 34 knots (39 mph)
  • Tropical storm 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph)
  • Category 1 64 to 82 knots (74 to 95 mph)
  • Category 2 83 to 95 knots (96 to 110 mph)
  • Category 3 96 to 112 knots (111 to 129 mph), major
  • Category 4 113 to 136 knots (130 to 156 mph), major
  • Category 5 137 knots (157 mph) or more, major
  • Unknown intensity No wind speed in the record
  • Post-tropical Storm has become post-tropical (dashed line)

How to read the lines. Each line is the track of one storm, drawn through its six-hourly positions and coloured by its intensity at each point (the Saffir-Simpson scale), so a line changes colour as the storm strengthens or weakens. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see which storms have passed nearby. Weaker storms appear as you zoom in. Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are the same kind of storm with different names in different oceans.

Storms near Snyder County

The record holds 13 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Snyder County, Pennsylvania between 1861 and 1999. The busiest month is September, with 6 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached tropical storm strength. 1 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 13storms within 50 km
  • 0major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 0at category 1 strength or more

A storm counts once, however many times it came close. The category is the storm's strongest point within 50 km, which can be weaker than its peak elsewhere.

How strong were the storms near Snyder County?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression323%
Tropical storm969%
Category 100%
Category 200%
Category 300%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity18%

The agency behind most of the intensity figures here is the NOAA National Hurricane Center (HURDAT2, Atlantic).

Snyder County storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 3 in 1880s.1860s21880s31930s11940s21950s11970s11990s3

The 1990s only run to 1999, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1861, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1860s2
1880s3
1930s1
1940s2
1950s1
1970s1
1990s3

Earlier decades hold fewer storms partly because they were harder to see. Before weather satellites (about the 1960s) many storms that stayed at sea went unrecorded, so compare decades with care.

Storms by month
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 6 in Sep.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun0Jul0Aug5Sep6Oct2Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun0
Jul0
Aug5
Sep6
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

Strongest storms near Snyder County

  • Unnamed storm of August 1933 (North Atlantic)13 August 1933 to 28 August 1933, Tropical storm (55 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 948 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1863 (North Atlantic)11 September 1863 to 20 September 1863, peak Tropical storm (60 kt)
  • Unnamed storm of August 1949 (North Atlantic)23 August 1949 to 1 September 1949, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 954 hPa
  • Connie (1955)3 August 1955 to 15 August 1955, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 944 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of August 1888 (North Atlantic)14 August 1888 to 24 August 1888, Tropical storm (45 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (110 kt)

Most recent storms near Snyder County

  • Dennis (1999)24 August 1999 to 8 September 1999, Tropical depression (20 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (90 kt), 962 hPa
  • Beryl (1994)14 August 1994 to 19 August 1994, Tropical depression (15 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (50 kt), 1,000 hPa
  • Danielle (1992)22 September 1992 to 26 September 1992, peak Tropical storm (55 kt), 1,001 hPa

Many of these storms killed people and destroyed homes. The figures are the official record's, and this page says nothing about their human cost.

A storm that came near several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

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