Hurricane Risk in Pennsylvania

All Pennsylvania counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index hurricane score

Hurricane risk — tropical cyclones bringing extreme wind, rain, and storm surge — is rated for 67 of 67 Pennsylvania counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Lancaster County carries the state's highest hurricane score at 95.5, with $24M in expected annual hurricane losses.

2 Pennsylvania counties are rated High or Very High for hurricane, and expected annual losses from hurricane total roughly $170M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Hurricane

#CountyHurricane ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Lancaster County
95.5
High 0.08 / yr $24M
2 Philadelphia County
94.3
High 0.09 / yr $12M
3 Berks County
92.5
Medium 0.06 / yr $12M
4 York County
92.4
Medium 0.09 / yr $15M
5 Lehigh County
90.2
Medium 0.06 / yr $7M
6 Montgomery County
89.9
Medium 0.08 / yr $9M
7 Dauphin County
89.2
Medium 0.07 / yr $7M
8 Chester County
88.7
Medium 0.08 / yr $10M
9 Bucks County
88.4
Medium 0.08 / yr $7M
10 Delaware County
88.1
Medium 0.09 / yr $6M
11 Cumberland County
87.4
Medium 0.07 / yr $6M
12 Northampton County
87.1
Medium 0.06 / yr $5M
13 Lebanon County
86.8
Medium 0.08 / yr $5M
14 Franklin County
85.6
Medium 0.07 / yr $4M
15 Adams County
84.1
Medium 0.08 / yr $3M
16 Luzerne County
83.1
Medium 0.04 / yr $3M
17 Schuylkill County
82.6
Medium 0.05 / yr $2M
18 Monroe County
82.4
Medium 0.05 / yr $3M
19 Lackawanna County
82.0
Medium 0.04 / yr $2M
20 Northumberland County
79.8
Low 0.06 / yr $2M
21 Blair County
78.8
Low 0.05 / yr $1M
22 Bedford County
77.8
Low 0.04 / yr $1M
23 Centre County
77.5
Low 0.04 / yr $1M
24 Mifflin County
77.3
Low 0.06 / yr $891K
25 Snyder County
77.3
Low 0.06 / yr $1M
26 Pike County
76.7
Low 0.05 / yr $1M
27 Juniata County
76.7
Low 0.06 / yr $914K
28 Cambria County
76.2
Low 0.04 / yr $1M
29 Perry County
76.1
Low 0.07 / yr $1M
30 Wayne County
76.0
Low 0.03 / yr $1M
31 Allegheny County
75.9
Low 0.03 / yr $1M
32 Susquehanna County
75.3
Low 0.04 / yr $1M
33 Lycoming County
75.1
Low 0.04 / yr $986K
34 Union County
74.3
Low 0.05 / yr $706K
35 Somerset County
73.2
Low 0.03 / yr $721K
36 Carbon County
73.1
Low 0.05 / yr $807K
37 Tioga County
71.8
Low 0.04 / yr $620K
38 Huntingdon County
71.2
Low 0.05 / yr $640K
39 Fulton County
71.2
Low 0.05 / yr $673K
40 Erie County
71.1
Low 0.03 / yr $598K
41 Clearfield County
71.0
Low 0.04 / yr $557K
42 Indiana County
70.8
Low 0.04 / yr $511K
43 Columbia County
70.4
Low 0.04 / yr $665K
44 Jefferson County
69.8
Low 0.04 / yr $404K
45 Bradford County
69.4
Low 0.03 / yr $561K
46 Westmoreland County
69.0
Low 0.03 / yr $580K
47 Crawford County
67.1
Low 0.03 / yr $334K
48 Clinton County
66.8
Low 0.04 / yr $355K
49 Mercer County
64.8
Low 0.02 / yr $306K
50 Elk County
63.7
Low 0.05 / yr $333K
51 Clarion County
63.4
Low 0.03 / yr $266K
52 Greene County
63.3
Low 0.02 / yr $274K
53 McKean County
61.7
Low 0.04 / yr $210K
54 Montour County
61.2
Low 0.04 / yr $215K
55 Wyoming County
60.7
Low 0.03 / yr $214K
56 Fayette County
60.1
Low 0.03 / yr $167K
57 Washington County
59.9
Low 0.03 / yr $236K
58 Sullivan County
58.9
Low 0.03 / yr $151K
59 Potter County
58.2
Very Low 0.03 / yr $136K
60 Warren County
57.2
Very Low 0.03 / yr $139K
61 Butler County
57.0
Very Low 0.02 / yr $175K
62 Venango County
55.2
Very Low 0.02 / yr $106K
63 Cameron County
55.1
Very Low 0.04 / yr $94K
64 Beaver County
54.1
Very Low 0.02 / yr $115K
65 Armstrong County
52.2
Very Low 0.03 / yr $88K
66 Forest County
52.1
Very Low 0.03 / yr $61K
67 Lawrence County
47.3
Very Low 0.02 / yr $56K

67 Pennsylvania counties with measurable hurricane risk. See the national hurricane ranking or all Pennsylvania counties by overall risk.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Pennsylvania county has the highest hurricane risk?

Lancaster County has the highest FEMA hurricane risk score in Pennsylvania at 95.5 (High), with $24M in expected annual losses and about 0.08 events per year.

How many Pennsylvania counties face significant hurricane risk?

67 Pennsylvania counties record measurable hurricane risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 2 of them are rated High or Very High.

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