Thunderstorm Wind in Cameron County, Pennsylvania

Thunderstorm Wind in Cameron County, Pennsylvania: 78 recorded events between 1985 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 83. That places the county #2,481 nationally and #66 statewide for this hazard.

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Cameron County is the 1990s, when 28 of the county's 78 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.

Within the Cameron County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 79.6% of all recorded severe weather across 5 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,481 for this hazard and #66 within Pennsylvania, putting it in the 21.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Cameron County with 25 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.

Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Cameron County, Pennsylvania?

78 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Cameron County between 1985 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Cameron County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Cameron County measured 83.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Cameron County come from?

All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.