Wyoming County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Wyoming County: 2.
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.

Mapped landslides

Mapped by NASA (2).

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, 2006Flash Flood$60.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Additional heavy rain fell Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday morning across Wyoming County on top of what fell earlier on Tuesday the 27th as a front moved east across Pennsylvania and combined with low pressure and tropical moisture. This additional rainfall brought three day rainfall totals to 11 inches in Wyoming County sending most streams and creeks over their banks in what would be deemed the worst flash flooding this county has ever experienced. Many stated that the flash flooding was worst than the flash floods caused by Hurricane Agnes in 1972, Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and the snowmelt flood of January 1996. Hardest hit areas were Noxen, Nicholson and Eaton Townships.…

2. Aug 28, 2011Flash Flood$23.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Major flash flooding reported. Almost 100 homes either flooded or surrounded by water. Hundreds of people evacuated with two people rescued from the high waters. Dozens of roads were washed out, damaged and/or closed during the height of the flash flood.

3. Jan 19, 1996Flash Flood$20.1 million
4. Sep 7, 2011Flood$20.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Record flooding occurred along the Susquehanna River near Meshoppen, PA. The river crested at 44.42 feet on September 8, 2011 at 4:15 PM. The previous record of 43.51 feet was from the June 1972 Hurricane Agnes flood.

5. Sep 17, 2004Flash Flood$15.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Heavy rain with amounts of 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. 500 homes and 30 businesses were damaged. 50 water rescues were reported. The hardest hit areas were Tunkhannock, Eaton Township, Nicholson, Exeter, Meshoppen, and Laceyville. In Nicholson, the Shadow Brook did major damage. The county declared a state of emergency and closed all roads to the public early Saturday morning. In addition the Susquehanna River had major flooding.

6. Sep 7, 2011Flash Flood$5.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Catastrophic flash flooding began in Wyoming County in the Mehoopany and Forkston areas. Numerous roads, homes and bridges were severely damaged.

7. Jun 2, 1998Tornado$2.2 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The same tornadic supercell that affected southeastern Bradford county moved eastward into northern Wyoming county around 10 pm EDT. Aerial damage surveys indicate that intervals of tree damage occurred from Meshoppen eastward to near Valentine Hill on the border of Lemon township. This damage was primarily in the form of twisted off tree sections at canopy level and also some uprooted trees on hilltop areas. Between 1010 and 1015 pm, the tornado lowered again down the east side of Valentine Hill, skipped across the far north end of Stevens Lake, and carved a path over a small hill just west of Lake Carey. Several residences along this path had heavy tree damage and minor siding…

8. Sep 18, 2004Flood, Wyoming$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Tunkhannock Creek at Tunkhannock rose above its flood stage of 11 feet early on the 18th, crested at 19.7 feet at 3:30 PM on the 18th, then fell below its flood stage around midnight on the 19th. This was the second highest crest on record. Rainfall amounts were 4 to 7 inches which started on the 16th and continued into the 18th. This rain was from the remnants of hurricane Ivan.

9. Sep 18, 2004Flood, Wyoming$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Susquehanna River at Meshoppen rose above its flood stage of 27 feet early on the 18th, crested at 35.3 feet at 6:15 PM on the 18th, then slowly fell to be below its flood stage early in the morning of the 20th. This was the third highest crest on record. Rainfall amounts were 4 to 7 inches which started on the 16th and continued into the 18th. This rain was from the remnants of hurricane Ivan.

10. Jun 22, 1996Tornado$700,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    The severe thunderstorm which produced golf-ball sized hail in Chemung and Schuyler counties in New York spawned a tornado as it crossed southeast Bradford County Pennsylvania. Initial damage occurred in Tuscarora Township, where a home received extensive damage. A 25-foot trailer was tossed about one hundred feet, and a garage was completely lifted off its foundation and destroyed. The tornado tracked to the southeast, and moved into Braintrim Township in northwest Wyoming County around 315 PM, then Laceyville where severe tree damage was observed. A barn was destroyed with only one wall left standing. Many trees were sheared off or uprooted in town, and near the Laceyville…

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

101°F3 times, most recently Jul 16, 1988

All-time low

−21°FJan 21, 1994

Warmest night

80°FJul 22, 2011

Coldest day

−2°FJan 19, 1994

Wettest day

5.98 inSep 27, 1985

Snowiest day

22.1 inMar 14, 2017

Hottest year

2020mean 53.7°F

Coldest year

1958mean 47.2°F

Wettest year

201861.08 in

Driest year

196326.22 in

Snowiest season

98.3 in1995-96

Station Wilkes-barre/scranton International Airport (USW00014777), 951 ft elevation, 18.1 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 USW00014777.
• 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.

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