Huntingdon County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Huntingdon 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.

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.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. May 28, 2009Flash Flood$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Several thunderstorms with heavy rain caused flash flooding in central portions of Huntingdon County. In Smithfield and Juniata Townships, there was a report of a 200 yard wide area of geological subsidence due to a rockslide. Numerous roads were flooded and closed, with basement flooding and some road erosion. Route 22 was flooded. Two bridges were impacted with debris. The debris caused a diversion of a stream into a home which suffered moderate damages. Numerous road closures and basement flooding was also reported in Walker and Union townships. In Walker Township, Hartslog Valley Road, Station Road, Pond Road and Route 26 were closed due to flooding. In total, about 120 homes…

2. Jul 18, 2026Tornado$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   An EF-2 tornado with estimated peak winds of 125 mph, a path length of 0.53 miles, and a maximum path width of 500 yards occurred along Old Mill Road in Franklin Township on July 18, 2026. Minor damage was first noted near Huntingdon Furnace Road where a few corn stalks were knocked down. The first structural damage was observed as the roof of a silo was partially blown off. Half of a barn roof was also blown off and a nearby barn lost several pieces of its roof. The tornado continued southeast, paralleling Warriors Mark Run and Old Mill Road where it produced significant damage to trees. Hundreds of trees were snapped or uprooted along the path. One tree fell onto a cabin with…

3. Apr 19, 2019Tornado$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A National Weather Service storm survey team confirmed a tornado near Richvale in Huntingdon County Pennsylvania on April 19 2019.||The tornado touched down approximately 1.5 miles southwest of Richvale along Shade Valley Road and progressed northeastward up the valley.||Along the path of the tornado, there were numerous trees snapped or uprooted, and there was sporadic damage to barns and the roofs of homes. The most significant damage, which was at the high end of an EF1 rating, occurred just north of the intersection of Shade Valley Road and Zion Road, where a barn was destroyed and numerous pine trees were snapped or uprooted.||The tornado tore the roof off of a church shortly…

4. Jun 9, 2025Thunderstorm Wind$60,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A severe thunderstorm, producing wind gusts estimated near 95 mph, uprooted and snapped numerous trees in Rothrock State Forest. The most concentrated damage as a result of this downburst snapped three to four dozen trees in a densely forested area, with a combination of softwood pines and hardwood oaks.

5. Feb 12, 2017Thunderstorm Wind$40,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A severe thunderstorm producing winds estimated near 60 mph caused a barn collapse that killed four calves in West Township.

6. Apr 29, 2025Thunderstorm Wind$30,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A line of severe thunderstorms producing wind gusts estimated at 70 mph caused widespread damage to trees and power lines throughout Huntingdon.

7. Feb 12, 2009High Wind, Huntingdon$25,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Non-thunderstorm wind gusts between 50 and 60 mph toppled numerous large trees and power lines across Huntingdon County. Downed utility lines close State Route 26 in Walker Township.

8. Nov 16, 2006Thunderstorm Wind$20,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Thunderstorm winds damaged the roofs of two barns.

9. Jul 14, 2023Thunderstorm Wind$20,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A severe thunderstorm producing winds estimated near 60 mph knocked down a tree onto a mobile home on Evergreen Lane near Franklinville. One injury reported.

10. Aug 28, 2020Thunderstorm Wind$20,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    A severe thunderstorm producing winds estimated near 60 mph knocked down around a dozen trees and produced some property damage near Richvale.

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

103°FJul 22, 2011

All-time low

−25°FJan 19, 1994

Warmest night

81°FAug 23, 1968

Coldest day

−8°FJan 17, 1982

Wettest day

5.55 inSep 8, 2004

Snowiest day

18.1 inMar 13, 1993

Hottest year

1998mean 54.2°F

Coldest year

1978mean 47.1°F

Wettest year

197257.32 in

Driest year

200524.25 in

Snowiest season

99.9 in1993-94

Station Altoona Blair County Airport (USW00014736), 1,465 ft elevation, 18.8 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1949 to October 26, 2026; 99.8% 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 USW00014736.
• 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.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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