Clinton County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Clinton County: 0.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Mapped landslides

Mapped by NASA (1).

1. Landslides mapped in the USGS compilation of landslide inventories across the United States (version 3.0, 2025), rated probable or better. The compilation joins inventories made by federal and state agencies for different purposes and areas, so the number mapped in a county reflects how closely it has been surveyed as much as how often its slopes fail. An area with few records may simply not have been mapped. Deaths are as recorded in the inventories; a slide listed in two inventories is counted once.

USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0, retrieved October 27, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Jun 27, 2013Flash Flood$2.1 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Torrential rains of 4-6 inches in an hour caused significant flash flooding in the Beech Creek area. The flash flooding extended northeast along Route 150 into Mill Hall. The heavy rains and flood waters inundated the Beech Creek area, which resulted in a State of Emergency and Disaster Declaration due to numerous roads closed/damaged and covered in debris from flood waters. Many of the road closures and damage was confined in Beech Creek Township. More than 30 miles of roadway, including drainage culverts and bridges, were affected by the flooding. ||One home in the Beech Creek area was destroyed and another sustained major damage. An additional 14 homes also sustained minor…

2. Jan 6, 2004Winter Weather, Southern Clinton$1.5 million
3. Mar 16, 2025Tornado$300,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   An NWS Storm Survey confirmed a brief EF-1 tornado with maximum wind speeds estimated at 100 mph. The tornado impacted the areas along Dutchman and Jerry Ridge roads in northern Clinton County while it moved across its 0.66 mile long path. The tornado uprooted or snapped over 300 trees.

4. Dec 1, 2010Flood$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Rainfall amounts between 2 and 4 inches produced significant flooding. The Bald Eagle Creek at Beach Creek Station had major flooding and recorded its third highest crest ever at 14.47 feet. The West Branch Susquehanna River at Renovo experienced moderate flooding and crested just over 18 feet. The Kettle Creek at Cross Forks was out of its banks and flooded nearby areas. The West Branch Susquehanna River at Lock Haven crested over moderate flood stage just above 24 feet. As a precaution, emergency crews in Lock Haven closed the Jay Street Bridge with flood gates sealing off the Susquehanna River.

5. Nov 8, 1996Tornado$100,000
6. Mar 16, 2025Thunderstorm Wind$90,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   An NWS Storm Survey confirmed that a downburst occurred on March 16, 2025 with maximum estimated winds of 100 mph northeast of Beech Creek. Damage began along Monument Orviston Road where several large trees fell onto a garage. Additional tree damage was observed along Laurel Run Road where multiple roofs were damaged. Extensive pine tree damage continued across Berry Road.

7. Apr 29, 2025Thunderstorm Wind$80,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A line of severe thunderstorms producing wind gusts estimated at 80 mph knocked down high tension power lines in the vicinity of Whitetail Trail.

8. Apr 29, 2025Thunderstorm Wind$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A line of severe thunderstorms producing wind gusts estimated at 80 mph produced widespread damage to trees and power lines throughout Lamar.

9. Jul 23, 2009Flash Flood$40,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Heavy rain produced flash flooding throughout south-central Clinton County. Numerous small streams were flooded causing road and bridge closures in Woolrich, McElhatten and Avis. Flash flooding caused a washout along Coudersport Pike/Route 664 and Middle Hill Road in Woodward Township. Lusk Run, Fairport Road and Orner Road were flooded in Bald Eagle Township. Flooding was also reported on Spong Hollow Road in Dunnstable Township and on Little Plum Road, Gravel Hill Road, Owl Hollow Road, Park Avenue, Sulfur Run Road and Steward Road in Pine Creek Township. Chatham Run was out of its banks at Gravel Hill Road.

10. Apr 14, 2024Thunderstorm Wind$35,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    A severe thunderstorm producing winds estimated at 75 mph blew a roof off of a building, knocked down trees and wires, and damaged a home in Avis.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

105°FJul 23, 2011

All-time low

−19°FJan 18, 1982

Warmest night

76°FJul 23, 2011

Coldest day

−1°FJan 20, 1994

Wettest day

6.10 inSep 18, 2004

Snowiest day

21.0 inMar 3, 1994

Hottest year

2024mean 53.2°F

Coldest year

1980mean 46.9°F

Wettest year

200460.87 in

Driest year

194925.93 in

Snowiest season

72.4 in1993-94

Station Lock Haven Sewage Plt (USC00365109), 566 ft elevation, 0.9 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1973 to October 22, 2026; 98.7% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00365109.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Landslides USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0 (2025).
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

Joins, thresholds and known limits are set out in the methodology. Found an error? Report it. Page built October 30, 2026.