Susquehanna County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Susquehanna 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. Jun 27, 2006Flash Flood$100 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Tropical moisture continued to stream northward into northeast Pennsylvania ahead of a frontal system which slowly moved westward into the eastern Great Lakes by Tuesday morning the 27th. Additional heavy rain fell Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday morning across Susquehanna County as the front moved back east and combined with a low pressure system moving up the eastern seaboard. Total rainfall for the three day period ending Wednesday was over 10 inches in many areas with 14.74 inches reported in Clinton Township. This batch of heavy rain sent most streams and creeks over their banks in what was the worst flash flooding this county has ever seen. The flash flooding lasted until…

2. Sep 17, 2004Flash Flood$10.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Heavy rain with amounts of 4.5 to 7 inches caused flash flooding. The rain which fell from the 16th to the 18th was due to the remnants of hurricane Ivan. Most creeks and streams went out of their banks. Over 300 homes were affected by flooding with 132 having minor damage, 21 having major damage, and 4 being totally destroyed. 27 businesses were affected with 19 having minor damage and 8 having major damage. Dozens of roads and bridges were damaged. About 750 people had to evacuate their homes. Their was flooding where there had never been any before. One major bridge was destroyed.

3. Jan 19, 1996Flash Flood$9.9 million
4. Aug 14, 2018Flash Flood$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Severe flash flooding occurred with numerous roads washed over, or washed out. Water surrounded three homes near Franklin Forks. Residents were trapped in the home. A garage was seen floating downstream.

5. Sep 7, 2011Flash Flood$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Catastrophic flash flooding occurred in Little Meadows from very heavy rains. Numerous roads, homes and bridges were severely damaged.

6. Sep 7, 2011Flash Flood$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   National guard was called in to rescue trapped residents due to catastrophic flash flooding.

7. Jan 3, 2003Heavy Snow, Susquehanna$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A slow moving nor'easter moved from the southeast United States early on the 3rd to the Delmarva peninsula that evening. The storm then moved to the southeast New England coast the morning of the 4th. Snow spread well ahead of the storm into central New York the evening of the 2nd. The snow was heavy at times on the 3rd during the day into the evening. Snow spread well ahead of the storm into northeast Pennsylvania the evening of the 2nd. The snow was heavy at times on the 3rd during the day into the evening. Snowfall amounts were 4 to 9 inches in Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties. Elsewhere amounts were mostly between 8 and 14 inches. A few higher amounts up to 20 inches were in…

8. Jul 24, 2017Flash Flood$467,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Several roads were washed out by flash flooding, including portions of Route 267.

9. Jul 24, 2017Flash Flood$467,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Torrential downpours caused several bridge washovers in the area.

10. Jul 24, 2017Flash Flood$467,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Flash flooding covered the intersection of PA 267 and the Milford-Owego turnpike.

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

98°FJul 16, 1988

All-time low

−20°FJan 15, 1957

Warmest night

77°FJul 22, 2011

Coldest day

−5°FJan 19, 1994

Wettest day

7.49 inSep 7, 2011

Snowiest day

31.2 inMar 14, 2017

Hottest year

2023mean 49.9°F

Coldest year

1958mean 44.0°F

Wettest year

201168.05 in

Driest year

198130.26 in

Snowiest season

135.2 in2016-17

Station Binghamton (USW00004725), 1,703 ft elevation, 28.3 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1951 to October 26, 2026; 99.9% 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 USW00004725.
• 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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